beardedbruce, the US government had a perfect opportunity to negotiate with the government of Iran, before Ahmadinejad was elected president in that country. The US government undermined the moderate Khatami presidency by ignoring his offers of unconditional negotiations and by rewarding Iran's assistance in the war in Afghanistan by putting Iran on the axis of evil list. One would have to be pretty dense to not see what the US government's motives were for this behavior. And in fact, the evidence is much stronger for this argument than it is for the stupid argument that Iran wants to nuke Europe.

1. Then you are doing it for empty slogans

Every time I think you have scraped the very bottom of the barrel of silly responses, you find a way to plumb even deeper. The fact of the matter is that the only vested interest I have in this subject is the preservation of my life and that of my loved ones. Those who make their livelihood in the missile defense industry cannot say that. Such people have a conflict of interest, and therefore have no credibility when they say they are doing it for the preservation of human life.