Reply #101: He would be an improvement, as he is Western-oriented, and

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not interested in entertaining Islamic fundamentalism.

The US must keep in mind that there are close historic and cultural ties between Pakistan/India and Iran/Persia and a big attack on Iran can only further inflame an already volatile region.

And also, I don't understand what is meant by "the Israel Air Force is not the US Air Force, and Israel can't take out Iran's reactor." Why not? They did in Iraq. They can do it in Iran if that's so important and urgent. No, what they really want is the imprimatur of the US, and no thanks, we've already got enough problems with our world image.