US Moves Towards Engaging Iran

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(M K Bhadrakumar served as a career diplomat in the Indian Foreign Service for over 29 years, with postings including India's ambassador to Uzbekistan (1995-1998) and to Turkey (1998-2001).

US Moves Towards Engaging Iran

By M K Bhadrakumar

26/03/08 "Asia Times" -- -- The coming few weeks are going to be critical in the standoff between the United States and Iran as the upheaval in the Middle East reaches a turning point. And all options do remain on the table, as the George W Bush administration likes to say, from military conflict to a de facto acceptance of Iran's standing as the region's dominant power.

One thing is clear. The time for oratorical exercises is ending. A phase of subtle, reciprocal, conceptual diplomatic actions may be beginning. An indication of this is available in the two radio interviews given by Bush last weekend and beamed into Iran, exclusively aimed at reaching out to the Iranian public on the Persian New Year Nauroz.

Significantly, ahead of Bush's interviews, former secretary of state Henry Kissinger spoke. Kissinger, incidentally, is a foreign policy advisor to the Republican Party's presidential nominee, Senator John McCain. For the first time, Kissinger called for unconditional talks with Iran. That is a remarkable shift in his position.

I have a one-way ticket for him to Siberia....:grr: :grr:

:hi:

and I don't think Mr. Obama is thinking along those lines.

Kinda like with Saddam before we invaded Iraq. Another ploy so we can say in our most distressed voice, "we tried eeeeverything but those mean ole Iranians wouldn't talk to us. How could we not invade them after they hurt our feelings":.