Barack Obama had his feelings hurt when he heard comments made by President Bush yesterday in Israel:
“Some seem to believe that we should negotiate with the terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along.”
Here’s what Obama says on his website about Iran:
Diplomacy: Obama is the only major candidate who supports tough, direct presidential diplomacy with Iran without preconditions. Now is the time to pressure Iran directly to change their troubling behavior. Obama would offer the Iranian regime a choice. If Iran abandons its nuclear program and support for terrorism, we will offer incentives like membership in the World Trade Organization, economic investments, and a move toward normal diplomatic relations. If Iran continues its troubling behavior, we will step up our economic pressure and political isolation. Seeking this kind of comprehensive settlement with Iran is our best way to make progress.
Source: http://www.barackobama.com/issues/foreignpolicy/#iran
We don’t need another Jimmy Carter presidency. We saw up close how negotiating with terrorists and radicals worked back then. We all remember that it took a newly sworn-in President Reagan just a few hours to get American hostages freed after Carter had failed to do much of anything for 444 days.
Nobody can really believe that Barack Obama has the talent or the background for “direct presidential diplomacy” with Iran or other nations that harbor terrorists. Between Obama, Clinton and McCain, Obama is the lightweight in this category. The only way to deal with countries like Iran is from the angle of peace through strength.
The Western Word 
It is Ronald Reagan who shipped arms to Iran. Apparently he decided to skip the silly ‘negotiating with terrorists’ phase and went straight to ‘arming terrorists”.
…and Jimmy Carter needs to stay out of it. Iran has become a bigger player in the world because of him.
“We saw up close how negotiating with terrorists and radicals worked back then.”Right. And we see how well failing to negotiate with Iran has worked ever since.
Ronald Reagan, March 4, 1987:<>“A few months ago I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages. My heart and my best intentions tell me that’s true, but the facts and evidence tell me it is not. As the Tower Board reported, what began as a strategic opening to Iran deteriorated, in its implementation, into trading arms for hostages.”<>Translation: I lied to you on national television, and now I’ve been caught.
Anon: The Iranians knew that Reagan would not play games like Carter. Carter had 444 days and nothing happened. The Iranians had to free the hostages or suffer the consequences. Thanks for visiting. -Jack
In the future,you might want to try a little fact-checking. In this, case, I’d suggest looking up the < HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algiers_Accords" REL="nofollow">Algiers Accords<> that led to the release of the hostages to discover who actually was responsible for getting them freed.