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Originally posted by Spanky
I see almost no or zero upside in talking to them because they want us to be humiliated in Iraq, so why would they help us.
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Though their interests in Iraq certainly aren't aligned with ours, they're closer than you suggest. If we want a stable democracy to emerge, that means a Shi'ite dominated government.
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The down side of talking to them and asking them for help is that it makes it harder for us to stand tough on the nuclear issue. So doesn't talking to them about Iraq encourage then to finsh building a bomb?
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Talking to them doesn't do anything of the sort until we agree to do something, which we don't do unless it's better than the alternatives. Refusing to talk to them encourages them to build the bomb, which they want -- at least in part -- to deter us from attacking them, a strategy that makes a fair amount of sense from an Iranian perspective.
