Time for U.S., Iran to talk nukes

To its credit, the Bush administration is newly willing to be part of multilateral direct talks with Iran on its nuclear program, 27 years after the hostage crisis severed diplomatic ties. Many U.S. allies and others, including congressional Republicans, had urged direct talks. But the diplomatic shift has a likely deal breaker: The United States won’t come to the table until “Iran fully and verifiably suspends its enrichment and reprocessing activities,” said Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Fat chance. The hope must be that President Bush’s incremental show of good faith will inspire Iran to show some of its own, so that talks can get started and a nuclear Iran can be avoided.
Posted by Rhonda Holman

5 Comments

  1. Ed Friedemann
    Posted June 1, 2006 at 6:40 am | Permalink

    While George W Bush and Condoleezza Rice are representing the PNAC goal of Middle East conquest, and turning their heads the other way while The Rogue State of Israel is butchering Palestinians, Iran’s President would be both wise and prudent not to take either one seriously.

    The Bush/Rice Cabal has done nothing except cause trouble in the entire Middle East.

    For God’s sakes, the duly elected Hamas is trying to secure food for their starving Palestinians, while Bush and Rice have threatened to cut-off foreign aid to any European country who offers help.

    Since when do war-criminals like Bush and Rice demand conditions by which “talks” can take place about Iran dropping its deterrent, when if it wanted to nuke Israel, all it would need to do is “borrow” a couple of nukes from Pakistan and blow their precious worthless Israel all the way back to Hell right now?

    Crude Oil is spiking again, suggesting this latest sham is a prelude to war.

    Just what we all need: The entire Middle East oil supply on fire { and radio active }.

    Bush is insane and needs to be removed from office.

  2. Ed Friedemann
    Posted June 1, 2006 at 9:37 am | Permalink

    Good move Iran: “But we are ready to hold talks over mutual concerns,” Mottaki said in response to a U.S. offer of talks if Iran gave up enrichment activities.

    So if the US wants to put strings attached to talking, then Iran has a few strings to attach itself.

    My bet is that Iran will demand that: “Israel goes back into the box { compliance with international law and with UN resolutions } and a Palestinian State is formed at the green-line.”

    And Israel become a part of a nuclear-free Middle East.

    Aside: I’d throw in that Zionism be declared a “terrorist organization” { which it is }.

    yeehaa

  3. Ben Huie
    Posted June 1, 2006 at 12:45 pm | Permalink

    The US should at least attempt to start an initiative to ‘de-nuclearize’ the Middle East. It is not realistic to expect one state to unilaterally disarm when it has armed hostile neighbors.

  4. Ed Friedemann
    Posted June 1, 2006 at 1:22 pm | Permalink

    Haaretz:

    “EU lawmakers want to ban Ahmadinejad from World Cup”

    How small can the Zionists get?Because: He spoke his mind?

    http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/722252.html

  5. Ed Friedemann
    Posted June 2, 2006 at 4:05 am | Permalink

    Iran with nuclear weapons is a good thing. It’s called a “balance of power” and with Iran’s only enemy being the Rogue State of Israel, Israel would be thinking twice before causing so much trouble with its neighbors.

    Iran threatens nobody, whereas Israel threatens everybody with its irresponsible threat to use nuclear weapons in the middle of the world’s greatest supply of crude oil.

    Iran abides by international law, while Israel considers international law as an unwanted obstacle to its ruthless land grabbing.

    No sooner did Rice and Bush make Syria clear-out its army from southern Lebanon, then here comes the Zionists attacking southern Lebanon and Beirut as well.

    The Israelis cannot be trusted to keep the peace as long as they have no restraints, and for the Israelis to be the only ones to have nuclear weapons in the Middle East is just waiting for a disaster to happen.