The rise of Iran is an unintended consequence of the war in Iraq, but the United States would be wise to counter the nuclear threat with direct talks instead of saber rattling, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said Tuesday night in Seattle. "It's not appeasement. You've got to deliver a tough message," she told a sellout audience of 800 people at Town Hall. But with the U.S. military already "overstretched," she said, "the last thing we need is to invade another country," especially when it is unclear where any nuclear material might be in Iran. Albright believes that someone...