We aren't dealing with the Soviet Union, a policy of MAD will not work with Iran. These nutjobs already know we are willing to pull the trigger, that's what they want, they want a global war, they want global chaos and they want us to "pull the trigger" on all of it:
12th Imam: The Shiite Muslim President of Iran, Ahmadinejad, is deeply committed to the Islamic Messiah, al Mahdi. There have been many through the years claiming to be the Hidden Imam but Ahmadinejad believes he is yet to come. He claims that he is to personally prepare the world for the coming Mahdi. In order to save the world, it must be in a state of chaos and subjugation. Ahmadinejad claims he was “directed by Allah to pave the way for the glorious appearance of the Mahdi”. This apocalyptic directive includes some very scary proclamations.
My point was that it doesn't matter who our president is, or what their strategy for dealing with Iran might be, Iran is going to do whatever Iran is going to do and nothing we do is going to change that.
Switzerland is neutral, nobody, not even RP, is suggesting that we become a neutral, isolationist country. The concept of an alliance needs to be more thouroughly discussed, it would seem we have very different concepts about what an alliance is and should be.
