I don't think that anybody in Iran has the political power to even conduct any kind of negotiations with the US. 

It all sounds to much like Iraq,

 

Calling Bush an "Isolationist" has a certain perverse partial accuracy about it. One could argue that he actively pursues his unilateralist and aggressive foreign policy with the mindset of an isolationist. He perceives his enemies with the dedication of a narrow American perspective that will not countenance another view and his enemy knows it. That is one of the reasons why al-Qaeda and jihadists from the Shia and Sunni cells of the Iraqi resistance are ever ahead of Bush's learning curve in strategizing their next moves in this war. This situation draws a strange parallel to another Texan president, 40 years ago, who fought a war with Ho Chi Minh's North Vietnam. President Johnson could not culturally see a reason beyond his all-American Texan "wheeler dealer" mindset to anticipate the moves and thoughts of his Vietnamese adversary.

 

Both Texans stood in righteous and defiant intellectual isolation from their enemy's motivations. They failed to know their enemy, worked hard at it even. What had happened to LBJ is happening now to GWB: the price of presidential ignorance is losing America a war". 

I would say John H. is right on.  Bush has gone so far as to refuse to listen to his many wise and seasoned advisors (well, I'll leave ole Rummy out), they have all resigned!  Many of our allies are no longer allies, and our credibility globally is shot to hell so one could say we have isolated ourselves from the world.  

 

An invasion of Iran would most likely invoke terrorist attacks here at home, then of course we would need martial law- just in time to put elections on hold. O.K., sounds a little bit extreme, but hey this arogant administration has already lied to us once to get into Iraq so Bush could finish the job, while Afghanistan is ignored and we never caught Bin Laden.  And what did Cheney say recently to an ABC reporter who asked him what he thought about the number of Americans who don't think we should be in Iraq - his word was "so"?  As if to say to f______ bad.  Gotta love the respect and courtesy of Dick and George.      

 

Remember my prediction, we will be in Iran before November!