Clinton: Iran stirring division in Arab world

On Wednesday Secretary of State Clinton accused the leaders of Iran of creating divisions in the Middle East, promoting terrorism, and attempting to intimidate many countries . She said many foreign ministers worry over Iranian threats, which intend to interfere with international affairs and keep funding terrorism. Supreme Iranian leader Khamenei said Obama is making a mistake by supporting Israel. Its difficult for Obama to improve relations with Iran (the U.S. stopped diplomatic relations with them 30yrs ago), but Clinton says he is open to talks. Iran's nuclear program, which is believed to be intended to make weapons, concerns the U.S. even though Iran claims the program is only for energy production. Iranian president Ahmadinejad will only talk to the U.S. if they stop accusations of nuclear weapons and terrorism. This explains why Clinton says "attempts to reach out to Iran have been unsuccessful."

I think the distrust and stubborness of Iran is quite frightnening. We seem to be between a rock and a hard place on this issue. According to Iranian leaders the only way to talk peacefully with them is to take back our accusations that they fund terrorism and have nuclear weapons. Well, those two issues are the reason we desperately need to talk to them in the first place. There is no way that we can simply pardon them of these very serious and frightening possibilities. I personally can't see a way to get around this. Even though both the U.S. and Iran say they are open to talks, it doesn't seem likely to ever happen. It seems like the problems in the Middle East are endless. Iraq, Afganistan, the Gaza Strip, Israel, and Iran are all hot spots for violence and tension. I remain hopeful that one day leaders will be elected into these countries who aren't so set into these ways. I have heard that there will be an Iranian election sometime this year. If the president of Iran, Ahmadinejad, is put out of office then perhaps we will have possibility of diplomatic relations. As president he has just fueled the flames of hatred towards the west in his country with hateful speeches and bogus statements. It is leaders like him who cause such tension in the Middle East. According to Clinton the U.S. is by no means the only country who is afraid of what Iran can or may do.

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