scott says

Next, please

squashed:

A post back, I asked people to explain to me why they thought meeting with Iran (as Obama proposes) was a worse idea than the Bush/McCain/Clinton strategy of blustering in the irrational hope that this somehow persuades Iran to do what we want it to.

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So, would anybody else like to take a crack at explaining why we can’t talk to Iran?

Joe Klein at Time states that Iran does not want to talk to the United States, either. NYT says that Iran pulled out of negotiations because of what we’re doing in Iraq.

It’s not a bad idea to meet with Iran, in my opinion, but it seems that using the UN and/or IAEA to deal with the nuclear issue is an approach that will be more widely accepted on the world stage.