DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A second U.S. aircraft carrier strike group now steaming toward the Middle East is Washington's way of warning Iran to back down in its attempts to dominate the region, a top U.S. diplomat said here Tuesday.
Nicholas Burns, U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs, ruled out direct negotiations with Iran and said a rapprochement between Washington and Tehran was "not possible" until Iran halts uranium enrichment...
...U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said the U.S. buildup in the Gulf was intended to impress on Iran that the four-year war in Iraq has not made America vulnerable..."
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I am glad we are still able to show Iran that we are not as weakened as their president may claim. Previous conjecture has been that if someone were to take military action against Iran, it would be Israels fight, due to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, possibly with the aid of Europeans, since even the war-weary France has declared that Iran cannot be allowed to obtain weapons-grade uranium. I think putting the Navy back in the middle east may be a positive impact, since locals who are made upset by US military presence were likely already upset, and this could eliminate delusions that the US will simply go home to lick it's wounds and forget about the world's terrorist havens and rogue states again
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personally.. i think that since the US is such a small role player in that region, if the war turns calms down, and iraq becomes more internationally involved. iraq will be a strong allie to the US in that region... if iran gets nuclear power, they will dominate the middle east, no matter what... they are a strong power, but if Iraq calms down, the US will have a strong diplomatic tie to a disruptive region. if they dont get nuclear power, then the US will be alot stronger in the middle east.... this may take a while to take place, but i think it could happen...
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