Originally Posted by bhkad

Start a new thread for that subject.

The Koran says that war is deceit. And to get official sanction by the United States as a legitimate regional power would be like the US Government making a deal with known criminals in order to get a non-aggression agreement.

The agreement would not prevent the criminals from acting through proxies to do as they wish and in the opening days, weeks and months, when the US was showing good faith the criminals could be taking advantage of our earnest attempt to abide by the agreement. And when it was clear to all that the criminals were taking advantage of our naivete we would pull out of the deal, naturally. But the damage would be done. AND months from now supporters of the Iran and bashers of America would always be able to say that Iran proposed a peace treaty but the US pulled out.

Yes. Start a new thread on this.