• Huckabee is in full support of having diplomatic talks
with Iran. According to him the administration should not take
the military option from Iran off the table, nor would Huckabee
himself do it. The military option would become viable only if
the US had exhausted other options. 

• According to Mike Huckabee the US is proceeding down a
one way track where Iran is concerned and leading to 'armed
confrontation.' 

• Huckabee strongly believes that the negotiations held
recently with Iran in regard to Iraq were narrowly focused and
did not explore the complete range of possibilities.

• Mike Huckabee reiterates that many Iranians are well
disposed towards the US. He provides evidence of this by
commenting "we should remember that on 9/11, while there was
dancing in the street in other parts of the Muslim world, there
were candlelight vigils and mourning in Tehran."

• Huckabee was quoted saying that Iran helped the US
during the first invasion of Afghanistan, especially with the
Northern Alliance.

• Huckabee whole heartedly welcomes the new sanctions
against Iran since no direct business is done between Iran and
the US, hence there will be no impact unless it is honored by
other countries.

• In Huckabee's opinion, if China and Russia do not
support the United Nations sanctions it would remain weak thus
creating greater hope from Iran's biggest trading partner, the
European Union. He feels that Nicholas Sarkozy, the President of
France, would become a willing ally in this attempt.
		

• Barack Obama strongly condemns the recent beatings,
threats and imprisonments of the people of Iran protesting the
election irregularities.  He mourns with his country for the
victims of injustice. Obama says he is appalled and outraged by
these actions.

• Obama offers a 'new beginning' to the people of Iran to
end the 30 years of animosity that has been between two nations.

• Obama said he wanted to "speak directly to the people
and leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran" and express his
desire to establish 'constructive ties' between these two
countries.

• Obama opines that the global leaders should engage
themselves to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons and
enriching uranium. He mentioned that the Iranian President is
"reckless, irresponsible and inattentive" to the people's
day-to-day needs.

• President Obama gave Iran an option if they abandon
their nuclear program and their support for terrorism his country
would offer incentives of being members of the World Trade
Organization and economic investments and they would be able to
move towards normal diplomacy.

• Obama would act fast to mobilize the international
community to "offer a series of big sticks and big carrots to the
Iranian regime to stand down on nuclear weapons."

• In Obama's opinion the Iranian 'regime is a threat to
all' as it would lead to other countries as well. Obama still
does not deny the incentive package to Iran but favors it.  

• Eventually Obama realizes that diplomacy towards crazy
socialist dictators will not work out favorably it would only
encourage them to become more aggressive.