Originally Posted by
Hagbard Celine
Currently yes, but the tension meter "ball" rests firmly in our court. We can back-off and send out the olive branch if we really want to. I think it would only do us good. Of course I wouldn't trust these people as far as I could throw them, but that doesn't mean we should deal with them atleast gingerly. It's not as if the balance of power wouldn't fall to our side if we were to deal with Iran. They may be the greatest power in the Middle East, but we're the greatest power (atleast militarily) in the world.