*Some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists* ~President George W Bush, March 15, 2008 ---------------- *Iran remains the world's most active state sponsor of terrorism. We* *have an obligation to call this what it is – the false comfort of* *appeasement which has been repeatedly discredited by history* ~President George W Bush, March 12, 2008 ---------------- *We need to figure out a way to develop some leverage with respect to* *the Iranians and then sit down and talk with them* ~Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, May 15, 2008 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121083798995894943.html?mod=googlenews_wsj http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/03/20080312-6.html http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/transcript.aspx?transcriptid=4230