Any state ruled by religion is a dangerous place. Diplomacy may seem like a good idea - but you are dealing with a society who collectivily think differently to those in the west - there is no religious freedom, or freedom of expression, or tollerance for sexuality, equality of womans rights, equality of races, individual rights. So the very concepts we value - the thing many of our ancestors have fought for and won - are nothing to their society in general. It seems to me in many ways their belieif systems are about where those of the west were 500 years or so ago.
Sadly many of the individual rights have been seriously eroded in the USA as a direct result of action by people who share these beliefs. Does this mean they are winning?
The scary thiing is that if the JW's were in power in a country would it be much different from the Islamic fundelmentalist?