>I think Lieberman is on to something that should be obvious. BTW, what's "opportunistic" about his stance?
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>What I mean by should be obvious is that Iran is a major player in disruption in the Middle East. Hamas, Hezbollah, Al Queda in Iraq, and others all receive huge funding and material support from Iran.
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>We're not going to talk our way into a settlement with these folks because they are prone to not doing what they say they will and ME diplomacy is different than it is here. It's an advantage game there.
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>The current regime in Iran has incredibly weak popular support. I think a naval blockade with a few surgical but highly visible military strikes may cause a rethinking and/or democratic revolution.
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>Doing nothing is the far more dangerous option, I think, at this time.

Sorry John;
Naval blocade / strikes by who and based on what legal grounds exactly ?

Major disruption in the region right now is by all means war in Iraq, so
how would new war with Iran make any good ??