While The U.S. Talks Tough, Iran Hopes To Increase Influence

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Instead of the U.S. taking a lead diplomatic role in bringing peace to the region -- a move supported just a few days ago by British Prime Minister Tony Blair -- it is instead allowing Iran to flex its muscles as a influential power broker in the region.

The initial U.S. reaction can't help matter. It's a variation of staying the course -- we don't talk to "Axis of Evil" members and their friends. The Los Angeles Times called the U.S. attitude "skeptical nonchalance."

Instead of diplomacy, the U.S. once again talked tough -- a strategy that hasn't worked well since the Bush Administration came to power.

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