MESSAGE TO BLAIR AND BUSH: NO WAR WITH IRAN

Instead of Tony Blair threatening Iran with "other means" and George Bush ordering war games in the Persian Gulf bordering Iran's southern border, in response to the Iranians' seizure of 15 British marines, these two great western world leaders should try diplomacy and negotiation. How about Mr. Blair placing a simple phone call to Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad or Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and asking for a meeting between the leaders of Iran and the U.K.? How about Mr. Bush arranging for a visit to Teheran to settle differences, just as Mr. Nixon travelled to China to meet Mao Tse Dung and Chou En Lai? Instead of treating Iran as an "enemy," the U.S. and U.K. should disabuse themselves of the urge to bomb Iranian cities and sit down and work things out as adults.