Really, we are.
Everyone recognizes that Bush’s wants a war with Iran, not a diplomatic solution to its unranium enrichment program. Therefore, the rest of the world is taking the matter into their own hands. The Bush adminsitration is being frozen out of the negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Major powers are considering a joint meeting with Iran next week that excludes the United States as a way of bridging a divide over its nuclear program, U.S. and European diplomats said on Saturday. […]
The question is “whether there could be a meeting — not necessarily with the United States — that would allow the Iranians to say there was a process of negotiations that had started and as result of this, they decided to resume the suspension of uranium enrichment,” one diplomat said.
“The pressure is mounting for it to happen next week. That’s an obvious opportunity,” he added, speaking on condition of anonymity. […]
Washington is pushing for major powers to ready sanctions against Iran if there is no breakthrough soon. But Russia, China and a number of European nations are hesitant about such penalties and want to give dialogue with Tehran more time.
While Solana did not offer details of his talks with Larijani, France confirmed Larijani told Solana in Vienna last weekend Tehran was ready to discuss suspending its uranium enrichment program.
But Iranian officials have indicated they could only discuss enrichment suspension once negotiations begin.
The major powers had said they would only hold negotiations after the suspension is declared and verified but the United States, which has had no diplomatic relations with Iran since after the 1979 Islamic revolution, has been most insistent on this point.
To break this logjam may “require to have others, including Britain, France and Germany, sit down at a senior level” with the Iranians next week, a European diplomat said.
This is what always happens to bullies. Eventually the other kids refuse to play with them. As they become isolated, and ever more fearful of losing control, they are likely to lash out in an attempt to re-establish their hegemony.
If this proposed diplomatic meeting with Iran, Russia, China and the European powers does go ahead without the US, expect the level of venom directed at Iran by the White House to rise exponentially. Expect the disinformation machine directed at the American public to go into an even higher gear. And expect Bush’s war plans to be accelerated. Because the last thing Bush, Cheney and Co. want is a solution to the Iranian problem.
In my humble opinion, of course.
for years. Ånd thank all that to Cheney and Bolton.
arguing that they can enrich uranium for peaceful purposes. Plus their nuke free middle east proposal is a winner, but we love to prance around the middle east in our big boats full of nukes for no real reason, and Israel told us we must protect their nukes too.
And expect Bush’s war plans to be accelerated.
Agree with you except on this. They might accelerate the plan, but I’m getting the distinct impression that Russia and China are willing to line up behind Iran to prevent any actual shooting. And we definitely don’t have the military capability to tackle Russia or China, let alone both. I know our foreign policy team is crazy, but even they hopefully aren’t insane enough to continue the escalation once they realize what they’re up against.
Well, that’s just it-I do consider them not just crazy but insane and why bush continues to say all options are on the table including ‘nukelr’-and as with Iraq he hasn’t thought beyond what nuking another country might bring down upon us. I think it’s been said before, he’s a uniter alright, he’s uniting the whole world against us.
Good lord, just how much bullshit bashing lies of liberals/dems can Tucker and company get into a short segment like this. Did he manage to hit on just about everything under the sun do ya think…Castro, Chavez, Islamic fascism(god I hate that idiotic term), Taliban, Afghanistan, John Kerry …etc etc the only thing left out was bringing up some Clinton(both of them) bashing.
I wish he’d take that damn bowtie he seemingly retired and choke on it. Supercilious ass. Besides that he can’t dance.(or as Olberman laughing suggested what he did constituted a lap dance-ewwwwwww)
This hate America shit really pisses me off. If you want to be rational about foreign policy you hate America what crap. Given the chance Jerry Falwell would tear up the constitution and start a theocracy based on christianity thats anti-american and against the founding fathers brilliant secular democracy. The freaking vice-president wants no debate on war policy and that is surely anti-american. They talk and yell a lot but they just don’t get it. The conservatives hate our freedom and I think its damned dangerous. The wacko mullahs won’t take freedom from us it will come from within by these fascists. Also please don’t be scared to call these idiots fascists just because they are throwing the term around because they are fascism-lite and thats a fact. Think what they would have done to freedom if we had been attacked by anyone except some cave-dwellers. It would be Woodrow Wilson and WWI all over again with people in prison for not buying enough war bonds. They are nuts and they are anti-american and anti-freedom.
At this juncture we should be glad that Fidel’s recovery is so slow (iffy?). We’d probably lose to Botswana’s diplomatic overtures in re the Sudan, if Botswana would only make them.
Under Bush, the USA does no diplomacy; it only does invasions.