Monday, April 10, 2006

BUSH'S LACK OF DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS TOWARD IRAN

"... Bush reportedly is considering military strikes against Iran to pressure Tehran to abandon its alleged nuclear development program. Although administration officials hope diplomatic efforts to restrain Iran will succeed..."
http://www.gopusa.com/news/2006/april/0410_bush_iran.shtml

"... Hersh told CNN however, that the White House has spurned Tehran's overtures for dialogue. "This president is not talking to the Iranians. They are trying very hard to make contact, I can assure you of that, in many different forms," he said. "He's not talking. And there's no public pressure on the White House to start bilateral talks. And that's what amazes everybody..."
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0410-02.htm

"... A former official of the International Atomic Energy Agency told Pulitzer-prize winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh: “there’s nothing the Iranians could do that would result in a positive outcome. American diplomacy does not allow for it.”
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0412-33.htm