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Yahoo!The prospect of war with Iran is frightening. So is the prospect of a nuclear armed Iran. That’s why we were so encouraged that the United States was among the world powers taking part in diplomatic talks with Iran on April 13 and 14. Diplomacy is the single-most effective way to avert those two bad outcomes.
With continued talks scheduled in May, we encourage our members of Congress to support diplomacy with Iran, not pass new legislation that could sabotage it. We hope our representative, Congresswoman Lois Capps, will cosponsor H.R. 4173, which calls for robust, sustained and comprehensive diplomacy with Iran. And we hope my senators, Diane Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, will oppose S.Res. 380, which pressures the administration to abandon diplomacy and push toward war.
Diplomacy is the best way forward. Let’s give it a chance. –Van and Lois Hamilton, S.B.
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There must be a diplomatic solution to the Iran issue. We are an educated nation and clever enough to peacefully negotiate. Any other outcome would be a failure. –Paul Ramos, S.B.
Comments
Cut the Grain shipments for a month and see how much of a hungry foot, Iran has to stand on to demand the World serve them, and that goes for North Korea too!
dou4now (anonymous profile)
April 25, 2012 at 6:28 a.m. (Suggest removal)
There are differing opinions within Israel's government and security agencies as to how much of a threat Iran poses vis-a-vis nuclear ambitions. The IDF's Chief of Staff, General Benny Gantz, is painting a picture that's different from hawkish PM Benjamin Netanyahu:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/i...
When the new round of sanctions against Iran go into effect this summer, Americans are going to be howling at the pump. Taking that much Iranian crude off the world market will eat into Saudi Arabia's reserve capacity to a level where the global oil markets typically get very volatile.
As for grain imports, private Iranian dealers are being hampered by the EU's financial sanctions. But the Iranian government will likely step in as a proxy ... Khazakstan has imense amounts of grain they have been, and are anxious to continue, selling to Iran.
EastBeach (anonymous profile)
April 26, 2012 at 12:08 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Check out Armenia's and hence, Russia's shadow role:
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archi...
"It helps that Iran is deeply suspicious of Azerbaijan, which has good relations with both the US and Israel and has suppressed a pro-Iranian party, the Islamic Party of Azerbaijan."
Ken_Volok (anonymous profile)
April 26, 2012 at 12:22 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Netanyahoo is the duck.
Does anyone remember Iraq, WMD's and Paul Wolfowitz?
Seriously.
native2sb (anonymous profile)
April 26, 2012 at 11:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)