Quote Originally Posted by Lemur
I read this sentence and wondered, "Who has mentioned Iran in this thread?" Then I went back and saw that Pannonian was referring to Iran, not Iraq. My eye glassed right past that one. We really need to be in conflict with countries that have more distinctive names.

When I said I agreed with Pannonian, I was in my alternate world in which he was talking about Iraq. Ugh. Too little sleep for the daddy lemur ...
See all the threats being made over Iran, and the uncompromising stance adopted by many Americans. Yesdachi remarked in another thread that there was no reason for the US to meet Iran anywhere in the middle, which is illustrative of the America the Great that is so absolutely certain of its moral high ground. If you're going to continue taking that attitude, you will lose all your remaining friends who have been willing to stick by you despite all that has happened, and all the cooperation you will get in the future will come purely from threats and bribes.