[johnthebaptistmoore]

Is this move really such a good idea and really necessary?

[Dominnae]

What are they THINKING?

Never forget 444 DAYS!

Now we’re going to send Americans into the belly of the beast and hope that some Cahtah-esque dimwit doesn’t have to fumble with their lives again. With all the contempt and vile spew from their President & other mental giants in charge, what in the world makes anyone believe that these people won’t be (easy) prime targets?

[Hexenhammer]

who do you gotta piss off to get that assignment?

[clee1]

Useless....unwise.

[snarks_when_bored]

Good plan: send new hostage-candidates to Iran in the days leading up to the bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites. Smart move.

[TheWasteLand]

Will these “diplomats” be large fellows with buzz cuts?

[Straight Vermonter]

Let me be the first on this thread to call BS.

[Ulysse]

Wishfull thinking hoax from “the Guardian” which warmly support ouBASSAMA with his CARTER’s like stupid and lunatic policy of appeasement...

All this mess is the direct consequences of the CARTER’s genious and kind fantasies on IRAN AND ISLAMIC THEOCRACY when he betrayed the SHAH with the aplause of the left who hated the pro-american iranian government of the SHAH PALAVIH....

McCAIN should nail it again and again and stick oBASSAMA in the dark past of failed and dangerous ideologies

[Allegra]

Say what????

[SolidWood]

I call BS, as well. The State Dep had a hard time sending Diplomats to Baghdad (ya know those pansies complained about the risks)... now they send ‘em to Tehran? No chance. On the other hand I wouldn’t mind sending some of those foggy bottom twats to the enemy.

[atomic conspiracy]

Not even Foggy Bottom is that stupid, especially when it comes to their own personnel.

This may be disinformation fed to Al Guardian as part of the lead-up to a US or Israeli attack on the Iranian nuclear facilities.

[mkjessup]

Sorry folks, it's not BS. Assistant Secretary of State Mr. Burns ("EXCELLENT!") is in fact meeting with some Iranian joker 'Jalili' to discuss Iran's nuclear program and Condi The Piano Player has been yakking up the idea of opening up a U.S. "interests" section in Tehran for quite a while now.

This should come as no surprise to those who have been following the Bush Appeasement Program which got underway in North Korea with the figurative fellating of Comrade Chia Pet by State's waxing and quixotic Christopher Hill who never saw an arms "agreement" with Pyongyang that he didn't like. In North Korea, the former Far Eastern leg of the 'Axis of Evil' is now America's 'New Partner for Peace'.

So this not-so-sudden pandering to the Iranians should not surprise anybody, with only 6 months and a few days to go before our illustrious President rides out of town back to Crawford Texas, his Administration is going for the Legacy, and that means America is going to bend over and politely ask Ahmadinejad if he would please use lube before insertion. Get your tickets folks:

[arthurus]

Why are we sending official Human Shields to Iran?

[Non-Sequitur]

I’ll bet they get more volunteers for this posting than they did for Afganistan or Iran.

[LouD]

Not exactly diplomats, more like forward observers.

“It’s a laser pointer. Yeah, that’s the ticket. To, uh, illustrate my diplomatic talks.”

[Dr.Zoidberg]

If true, this is madness.

And we aren’t in Sparta.

I guess there’s a lot of diplomats who’ve been marked for death and their bosses don’t want the actual blood on their own hands.

[MrBambaLaMamba]

Step 1 - Diplomats to Iran
Step 2 - Obama, the Dark Overlord, reigns supreme
Step 3 - Diplomats taken hostage
Step 4 - The Dark Overlord talks
Step 5 - The Dark Overlord talks some more
Step 6 - The Dark Overlord sweats it and talks some more
Step 7 - The Dark Overlord is toppled
Step 8 - The hostages are freed after 1500 days in Iranian captivity

You need a Carter to get a Reagan ....vomit

[kinghorse]

I don't why this comes to mind but I'm going with it. Sleep my pretty, sleep.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

As I recall there were two attacks on the U.S. Embassy in 1979. The first one soon after the Shah left and the one most remembered several months later. Neither was instigated by the revolution's leaders.

The first attack was stopped by the Iranian revolution leaders. The second attack was fomented by some students who wanted attention for Iran's complaints against the U.S. and then walk away That time the Iranian revolution leaders decided to take charge and the rest is history. Months of work attempted to tie the CIA to everything imaginable.

IMO some Iranians will have absolutely no problem doing it again -- maybe with even more horrendous results.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

The only way this makes sense is if the Bush administration has the goods on Russia and France, and has convinced them to withdraw their support for Iran’s nuclear processing plants.