The answers are simpler than many think. Strike the root.

We have an out of control,violent government that wraps itself in the flag in an attempt to obscure the wrongdoing that's being done.

It really has become disturbing to watch these compromised,idiotic paid off stooges for Israel wreck this nation and others.

Mullen said the U.S. government will not take any option off the table in responding to the Iranian threat. But speaking to reporters today, Mullen repeatedly made clear that he preferred dealing with the problem through diplomatic or financial pressure rather than a military strike.

Why does Adm. Mullen hate America?

They have interests, we have interests. We need to make clear what's truly unacceptable (nuking Israel) and cut some slack on what's inevitable (Iranian influence in its Shiite neighbor & onetime enemy).

I couldn't agree with you more, Anderson. It's what I've been saying for years.

Stability is not an absolute good; it's a conditional good. That's one of the things that was forcibly impressed on us seven years ago. The stability then was unacceptable to us.

Now we're stuck with the instability we helped create. Our creating instability isn't anything new—we've been doing it for more than 60 years. After all, Germany's control of France and the Netherlands was pretty darned stable until we stuck our noses into things.

Like it or not Iran is the regional superpower in the Middle East. We should be dealing with them and by “dealing” I mean negotiating. As I see it there are two big challenges. The first item on the agenda should be mutual acknowledgement of the legitimacy of the other's interests in the region. It's pretty darned hard to construct a basis for negotations without it.

The second is that either we need to convince Iran that our notion off a good sort of stability for the region and theirs are not incompatible or else we've got to identify the nexus of issues on which stability is mutually agreed as a good thing.

And in that sense, Mullen is not only correct, he's also saying what the Dems have been saying: we can't isolate Iran, we can't refuse to talk to them. They have interests, we have interests. We need to make clear what's truly unacceptable (nuking Israel) and cut some slack on what's inevitable (Iranian influence in its Shiite neighbor & onetime enemy).

Recent operations in Southern Iraq, recent combat operations in Southern Iraq in Basra highlighted yet again Iran’s activities in ways that very specifically pointed to activities which, in fact, resulted in the deaths of coalition soldiers.

This part of Mullen's speech is entirely accurate. After all, Iran is a huge supporter of the Maliki administration and his governing coalition.

Of course, so are we...

Elect HRC and we will deserve what we get.

yes how dare iran get involved in the country next to them when it's been reduced to a bloody shambles by the USA.

No doubt his next argument is how they've bought yellowcake from africa........

And then how the US military doesn't torture people.