dianavan - I'm not a US citizen so sadly cannot partake in the forthcoming election. On another point entirely -

"maybe you can explain why the U.S. has had no dialogue with Iran regarding the plight of women in Iran for the last 25 years."

Er... as I understand it the US had no dialogue whatsoever with Iran for the last 25 years! Our Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, on the other hand, was engaged in potentially constructive and fruitful talks with the Iranian government on a number of security and human rights issues which was abruptly torpedoed when "Bomb the Bastards" Bush delivered his Axis of Evil rant.