White House sits out Iran nuclear talks

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http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/13936717.htm

White House sits out Iran nuclear talks

Associated Press

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration rejected on Thursday a suggestion by former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer that the United States join now-sidelined European negotiations designed to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons.

State Department spokesman Adam Ereli said American officials were in close consultation with the Europeans. "We are comfortable with the approach we have taken," he said.

Fischer, who was Germany's foreign minister from 1998 until last November, said Wednesday that Iran posed the "most important challenge" to the Europeans and the United States, and to their trans-Atlantic partnership.

"It would be really helpful if the United States could join," he said of the talks Britain, France and Germany held with Iran while the United States maintained its diplomatic boycott of Tehran.

[enigma000]

1. I've often said the US should mind its own business more n/t

[meganmonkey]

2. And later we will hear the White House say

"they refused to compromise" :eyes:

[RelativelyJones]

3. Goddamn stupid that the US sits out

Like it or not, the US is a/the major player and can exert influence for good or ill, depending on the rep and the authority invested. Isolationism is NOT an option in these matters. The trick is to get clever people in place who can diffuse the situation. These may or may not be career people, and they sure as hell are not Heritage interns, but the opportunity is there if only blessed talent can be put in the negotiating chair.

[mom cat]

4. "We are comfortable with the approach we have taken,"

State Department spokesman Adam Ereli said American officials were in close consultation with the Europeans. "We are comfortable with the approach we have taken," he said.

We are on the brink of war! How smug to say that "We are comfortable with the approach we have taken".

[ConcernedCanuk]

5. Iran is less than a year away from putting a nuclear power plant on line

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The USA will take over 5 years to get another Nuclear Power Plant on line

Iran is way ahead of them

so they gotta bomb them,

right?

Can't let the Murikkan citizens witness governments in other countries doing more for their country than the US does, right?

WHAT has the war in Iraq done for the USA citizens, except to direct more hatred toward them?

And of course redirect billions of tax dollars needed for health care and disaster relief so the Admin can continue slaughtering innocent people in sovereign nations . .

[enigma000]

10. So...let the Europeans deal with Iran

If they are peaceful: no problem

If the "President" of Iran is a nut-bar, and he gets nukes, the most viable target will be Europe (since North America is, for a sizable length of time, out of range). Let Rome or Berlin or Paris get turned into a radioactive crater. Do I care? Then let the Europeans handle the problem.

Saves the US taxpayers $$$$$ Good plan............

[ConcernedCanuk]

12. Exactly - as it should have been left to Iraq's neighbors

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Odd that Iraq's neighbors didn't join that coalition of the bribed, eh?

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[VegasWolf]

7. Brilliant!!! You want to start ANOTHER war we cannot win. Boundless

enthusiasm for incomprehensible stupidity at the highest level of government.

[ColonelTom]

8. Makes the talks pretty much useless

So the Europeans offer Iran some sort of deal - why would Iran accept it without some sort of guarantee that the U.S. won't attack if the Iranians abide by the terms of the deal?

One step closer to war...

[VegasWolf]

9. Bush takes his baseball, stomps his little feet, and sits down in the

sandlot and cries. What is he going to do, make up an imaginary army and the imaginary billions of dollars necessary to support it.

Poor widdle Bushie.


:nopity::nopity::nopity::nopity::nopity::nopity::nopity::nopity::nopity::nopity:

[cliss]

11. Pray tell, what does this mean

DU:ers? Usually, the U.S. has its fingers in every little affair, every little country on earth.

If the head hunters in Borneo scratch their ass, the U.S. is there, telling them to "cut it out". CONdaLiar Rice says, "They are not co-operating with the international community which says no butt-scratching allowed. And yet they continue to do so. We are very alarmed about this and have no choice but to take action".

Since this is THE issue of 2006, why would the US just sit back?

[enigma000]

13. Because it wants to see the Europeans squirm

The Europeans (and the rest of the world) didn’t want the US to go the unilateral cowboy illegal warmongering route with Iran. So the US complied and left it to the EU negotiators.

The US can wait - why aggravate more people. Let the Europeans deal with this, their cities are closer to Iran.