So when trouble between Russia and the USA occurs Bush tells Rummy to pick up the Red Hot line Phone to the Russian President and to talk to the Ruskies?

Or maybe the US Ambassador to Russians can just pick up the hot line red phone anything he wants to talk to the the Russian President?

We found that during the Cuban Missile Crisis that it helps to have a direct phone line to Russia so that our President can talk directly to the Russian President to avoid misunderstandings. No intermediaries are using that phone line. That's why it was installed in the Oval Office not in our Embassy to Russia.

There is nothing wrong with talking directly to the enemy. In fact that's the way it has been done for millions of years.

Anyone see the movie "Heavens Gate"? In that movie the leader of the Christan Army {Jerusalem} rode out to the front line to meet with Saladin the leader of the Muslim army. They didn't send out a private to hold that meeting. They went out to meet in front of both armies. That's how its been done by Army Generals in the past. Man to man. This way there are no misunderstandings between the two leaders.

So far the Bush way has produced nothing positive. We may end up going to war with Iran if we continue Bush's way.

At least try a new way and see if it will work.

If not we will end up with Iran having nuclear weapons and the world may never be the same again. Who knows they may already have nukes from Korea.

Quote Originally Posted by jcb View Post
At the risk of stating the obvious, I'm fairly sure Bush is referring to negotiating through intermediaries. I believe he thinks that formal discussions constitute an endorsement of the Iranian leadership.