Sigh… guess this must be repeated yet again. Bush was asked and complied with an EU request to allow those EU nations… Germany, GB and France to negotiate with Iran to use real diplomacy to talk Iran ‘down off the ledge’ and at the same time show the American Cowboy how it’s done. Clinton Urges Diplomacy For Iran - CBS News They tried and failed. Now we’re 4-6 years down the road, Iran knows that it can kill Americans without fear and so they do. Honestly, if there were a real leader in the White House shit would be blowing up all over the place inside Iran.