had proposed a solution

but it appears to me, the USA is more interested in provoking Iran into aggression and being able to say, the United States has to defend itself against Iran. How long can Iran withstand the constant provocation before it reacts in a hostile manner to events the Bush administration caused?

Just like Iraq, anything Iran does to avoid an inevitable war will not be satisfactory. This administration has turned the United States into a rogue superpower.

is discussing Bush administration false claims of Iran supplying "insurgents" with mortar shells. Who is credible indeed.

bush doesn't have negotiations in him. this is just another of a long list of openings that the iranian regime has given him. is there any reason to believe he will treat this one any differently? especially after spending a week revving up his mouth-breathing followers into a "bomb iran" frenzy?

If he can get a surrender without firing a shot, he might take it. But the bargain will be hard, quite possibly more than the people of the Middle East will allow. Then there's the matter of Russia.

I did inhale.

I remain to be convinced that any of this has anything to do with Nukes in Iran. One alternative point of view is that Bush intends to bomb Iran no matter what in order to "radicalize 70 million Iranians for the next 20 or 30 years." for domestic political purposes stateside. An alternative point of view is that Cheney is arranging a "get out of jail free card" that sounds like "Give me immunity or give me 70 million radical Shi'ite Iranians." It is always a mistake to take for granted any normal categorical relationship between Bush's vocalizations and the purposes of his actions.