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...Talk with Iran? Walter Isaacson's suggestion that the U.S. should talk with Iran about stabilizing Iraq is delusional and dangerous [Dec. 4]. Iran might play along with the U.S. in order to gain time to complete its nuclear program so that it can control events in the Middle East and threaten the West. Iran has already been successful in helping humble the U.S. in Iraq, and it will surely pursue its goal of removing all Western influence from the Middle East. Discussing the stabilization of Iraq with Iran would be like discussing the stabilization of Poland and Czechoslovakia with...
...Isaacson argued cogently for dialogue with Iran and then sabotaged his arguments by name calling. Does it promote fruitful dialogue to call President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad "mad" and say he sounds "like a lunatic"? Has Ahmadinejad done anything remotely as mad and lunatic as invading Iraq? Demonizing and name calling are what have got us into this horrific mess in the Middle East. Carl J. Ekberg Purgitsville, West Virginia...
...Walter Isaacson argued cogently for dialogue with Iran about stabilizing Iraq and then sabotaged his valid arguments by name calling [Dec. 4]. Does it promote fruitful dialogue to call Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad "mad" and declare that he sounds "like a lunatic"? Has Ahmadinejad done anything remotely as mad and lunatic as invading and occupying Iraq or bombing Lebanon? Demonizing and name calling are what have got us into this horrific mess in the Middle East. CARL J. EKBERG Purgitsville, W.Va...
...Even Isaacson admits that "Direct talks with Iran will not persuade it to abandon its nuclear dreams right away." Then why should we engage in negotiations that will only embolden the Iranian regime and give it credibility in the Western world? Isolation of that rogue nation with sanctions is the only way to proceed until either its immoderate leadership is changed or it is willing to stop developing its nascent nuclear program, the avowed objective of which is to destroy Israel and dominate the Middle East. NELSON MARANS Silver Spring...
...John M. Isaacson, a Law School alum and managing director of Boston-based executive search firm Isaacson, Miller, says that inside candidates can also be hurt by already being entrenched in local politics...