Iran's letter deserves an appropriate reply.

[sangretu]

I have often said that if, instead of taking up arms against America or telling their own people how horrible we are, foreign leaders would simply appeal to the citizens of the USA, we would have an opportunity to hear them, sympathize with them, and influence our government to treat them fairly

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[kementari2]

This certainly sounds, except for maybe the last half-page, like a strikingly sane and appropriate appeal to Bush's principles. I agree also that it's a lovely method of diplomacy that should be far more often utilized.

Still, he's not without blame himself. And even if he, the President, is sane and relatively progressive, the Supreme Leader is most definitely not. He's said repeatedly that the second they get nuclear weapons, they're going to destroy Israel.

Iran is not a great place to live if you want basic rights. I don't think that a US invasion would at all help that, since they've still got a relatively decent infrastructure and economy that would be destroyed by such an attack. However, I'd keep a close eye that they don't get nuclear weapons.

If Bush accepts this letter and opens up to the possibility of diplomacy with the President in this manner, that would be very good.
1) It would be the first real inroads on a working diplomacy with Iran.
2) It would counter the US' current inability to approach other nations in a style they can understand and take to heart.
3) We would immediately gain the leverage to hold Iran to its standards in a similar way, at least for a limited amount of times.