Ohhh boy, here we go again.

Barack Obama: Administration willing to talk to Iran ‘without preconditions’
Julian Borger, diplomatic editor
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 21 January 2009 18.07 GMT

The new Obama administration is willing to talk to Iran “without preconditions” and will work towards the abolition of nuclear weapons, the White House said today.

The Obama foreign policy agenda that appeared on the White House website said: “Barack Obama supports tough and direct diplomacy with Iran without preconditions,” the policy outline said. The Bush administration made direct talks between the US and Iran conditional on Iranian suspension of its uranium enrichment programme. This step breaks that conditionality, as part of a fundamental shift in diplomatic approach. The Obama agenda said the new administration will “talk to our foes and friends” and not set preconditions

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The other notable shift in US foreign policy announced today was a strategic decision to move towards a “nuclear free world”, through bilateral and multilateral disarmament. “Obama and [Vice President Joe] Biden will set a goal of a world without nuclear weapons, and pursue it,” according to the agenda. It is a long term goal. The US will maintain a “strong deterrent as long as nuclear weapons exist”, but begin to take steps on the “long road towards eliminating nuclear weapons”.

1) Direct talks with the Mad Mullahs legitimizes the regime and strenghtens their hand domestically. ALL BAD

2) Nuclear weapons are a fact of nature. You can’t undo nature and knowledge. Take certain materials, obtain critical mass, KABLOOIE! You ca not put the nuclear genie back in the bottle because it makes you feel good.