State of the Union

Lots of comments about last night's State of the Union message from President Bush. One of many questions I have is whether diplomacy can work with the radical people we are dealing with? Can we change their life-long objective that has existed long before 9/11? I just don't know. I am one who likes to list pros and cons to any decision; they base my decision from that. Don't know which side of the t-account would have the most entries.