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csite
11-29-2005, 01:46 PM
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10219753/site/newsweek/ (3 pages!)

Khalilzad revealed to NEWSWEEK that he has received explicit permission from Bush to begin a diplomatic dialogue with Iran, which has meddled politically in Iraq. "I've been authorized by the president to engage the Iranians as I engaged them in Afghanistan directly," says Khalilzad. "There will be meetings, and that's also a departure and an adjustment. "

Some may simply say bah, that's no big deal, but it is. Iran and America have practically had No relations at all for about 20 years (counting the Iran-contra scandal that is) Because of that relation gap America has never dared to talk with Iran directly over its nuclear issue! Clinton tried to close the gap (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/115789.stm)but it was the end of his term.
Khalilzad is the American ambassador to Iraq!

The pull out plan is also pretty "interesting"
TFS
11-29-2005, 01:58 PM
Well, hopefully my cynicism towards Iran is unwarranted and some serious good comes of this.

But it'll take me a lifetime to trust Iranians.
Nocturnal
11-29-2005, 02:10 PM
This isn't a new thing, we were working with them before and during the war. We convinced them to help us keep the Shi-hites in order, and then told them to screw off when we decided we did not need their help.
csite
11-29-2005, 02:14 PM
i think it's the first time in 20 years American "ambassadors" opened dialogue with Iran.

And about your comment

to help us keep the Shi-hites in order, and then told them to screw off when we decided we did not need their help.

Not true, America never told Iran to keep Shia's in order or specifically asked them!

What they said was stop being so nosy in the Iraqi business lol
Nocturnal
11-29-2005, 02:23 PM
i think it's the first time in 20 years American "ambassadors" opened dialogue with Iran.

And about your comment



Not true, America never told Iran to keep Shia's in order or specifically asked them!

What they said was stop being so nosy in the Iraqi business lol

Not according to what I have read.
Liberator13
11-30-2005, 06:03 PM
Well, hopefully my cynicism towards Iran is unwarranted and some serious good comes of this.

But it'll take me a lifetime to trust Iranians.

Amen. I have always thought if WWIII was a real possibility in the post-Soviet era, Iran would be the reason.
TFS
11-30-2005, 06:09 PM
Amen. I have always thought if WWIII was a real possibility in the post-Soviet era, Iran would be the reason.
I wouldn't specifically say Iran for that, but something in Asia.

Land wars are never a thing of the past. We'll be in trenches and foxholes again. We'll always need to carry bayonettes with us everywhere we go.
Liberator13
11-30-2005, 06:12 PM
I wouldn't specifically say Iran for that, but something in Asia.

Land wars are never a thing of the past. We'll be in trenches and foxholes again. We'll always need to carry bayonettes with us everywhere we go.

eh, China or Iran, neither of them I trust at all.
MooCowzRock
11-30-2005, 06:46 PM
Hopefully we can get an actual democracy in there, without the fundamentalist Mullahs. I would like to see an alliance between Iran and America, just not with Iran's present government...America needs to support our fight for democracy.