No U.S. guarantee against attack whatever Iran does

ap: The U.S. has not offered a guarantee against attacking or undermining Iran's hard-line government in exchange for having Tehran curtail its nuclear program, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday.

"Iran is a troublemaker in the international system, a central banker of terrorism. Security assurances are not on the table," Read more

db: And ap refers to Iran as the 'hard-line government'! Why would the Americans refuse a security guarantee on the basis of Iran curtailing its nuclear program? The last thing the U.S. wants right now is an agreeable Iran - it's a policy of regime change - come what may.