Iran says it will stop enriching uranium, and will allow unlimited inspections of its nuclear program. (Let's wait to see whether it follows through.) The U.S. has been pressuring Iran to do these things for months, and according to this AP story, the winner here is...France.
Do you think Iran changed its mind because of the 130,000+ Coalition troops on their border? Or the tens of thousands of courageous Iranians demonstrating against the repressive thugs who run their country? Nope -- it's all because of France, not to mention good, soothing, multilateral dialogue.
If you believe that words alone are enough to ensure peace in the world, you'd probably believe anything.
Yeah, what a dummy JP2 was for going on and on about talking. Everyone knows the UN and Vatican are full of cheese-eating surrender-monkeys. God bless America, God bless her bombs.
Our bombs guarantee much of what passes for peace in the world. God bless them indeed.
I don't think the Pope recommended "talking" as the solution. I recall that he always points to conversion of men's hearts as the key to tranquility. Dialogue can foster that. When I say that "words alone" cannot bring peace, I don't think I'm disagreeing with our Holy Father.