I never said that simply talking to Iran is a bad idea. It's clear that many hear which to keep my viewpoint quite but if this site still allowed for debate you would know by now that I am not completely against talking to Iran. The idea however that you can talk to Iran and condemn others for talking to Hamas is laughable since Iran is, by Obama's own assertion, the top fianancier of Hamas.

To seperate the two is indeed a foolish policy if you wish to make any headway in the region. One would wonder, if you are going to talk with Iran but leave there support for the Iraqi insurgents, Hamas and Hezbollah off the table then what exactly will you be talking about? It seems to me that Barack's policy towards Hamas amounts to Bush's policy towards Iran, "We'll talk to them via proxy". Feel free to hide this comment as well it a continued attempt to squash all questioning of Obama, the latest American idol