@Mr. Khan:
"Yes, but the current positioning of the USA enables threat of force rather than it's actual use as a sufficient deterrent. It is clear in Iran's case that popular will against the regime's more extreme elements exist, and that by deterring their use of force with threat of force while promoting development towards the people itself, the extremists can be marginalize"
I agree with you to an extent, but diplomacy has never worked with a tyrant, nor can it do anything to eradicate extremism as we define it. Any extreme point of view towards governing, whether religious or socially minded like communism for instance, always incorporates violence as a means to power and control. In your statement above you say that extremists can be marginalized by uniting their opponents; by incorporating the mutual wills of moderates, pacifists and the unassociated and developing their social ideas towards beneficial change. But, all that will actually effect is an opposing force to stand against them, violenct act for violent act.
I honestly can't think of a single example in history where diplomacy alone defeated a tyrant(s).
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