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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: philv who wrote (11124)	6/9/2006 12:18:59 PM
From: sea_urchin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 22250

Phil > An Iranian official has confirmed that the country has stepped up its nuclear activities Ya pays yer money and ya takes yer pick. washingtonpost.com >>Iranian President Warms to Dialogue By Karl Vick and Dafna Linzer Washington Post Foreign Service Friday, June 9, 2006; A16 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday signaled Iran's readiness to renew negotiations "to resolve misunderstandings in the international arena." "On behalf of the Iranian nation, I'm announcing that the Iranian nation will never hold negotiations about its definite rights with anybody, but we are for talks about mutual concerns," Ahmadinejad said in the city of Qazvin, to which the hard-line conservative traveled on the latest of his campaign-style trips outside Iran's capital. The statement was the most straightforward indication so far of Iran's willingness to engage six world powers, including the United States, in discussions aimed at avoiding confrontation over its nuclear program. But he did not say whether Iran would agree to the only precondition set for the talks: that the country put its program on hold during negotiations.<< forward.com >>Bush Overture To Iran Splits Israel, Neocons Olmert Asks Groups To Keep Low Profile By Ori Nir June 9, 2006 WASHINGTON — The Bush administration's offer to open direct talks with Iran and reward Tehran if it stops enriching uranium is exposing a policy rift between neoconservatives on one hand, and the Israeli government and Jewish organizations on the other. Neoconservative analysts are blasting the administration, saying that holding talks with the Islamic regime would serve only to embolden it and undermine the anti-fundamentalist opposition in Iran. They argue that America's ultimate goal should be to change Tehran's theocratic regime. "The administration can't have it both ways. They can't embrace the regime and still talk about liberty for the Iranian people," said Iran analyst Michael Rubin of the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative Washington think tank widely associated with the push for regime change in Iraq. A former Pentagon official, Rubin added that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice "can spout whatever platitudes she wants to spout, but at this point, when it comes to liberty and freedom, she has no credibility."<<