the scope of their treachery is boundless.
the scope of their treachery is boundless.
Kristof: "Diplomacy at Its Worst"
Nicholas Kristof has a column in the New York Times today on a story we already knew about -- that the Iranians went to the U.S. with diplomatic proposals in 2003, but were rebuffed by Bush's hard-wingers -- but he's dug up the documents:
In May 2003, Iran sent a secret proposal to the U.S. for settling our mutual disputes in a “grand bargain.”
It is an astonishing document, for it tries to address a range of U.S. concerns about nuclear weapons, terrorism and Iraq. I’ve placed it and related documents (including multiple drafts of it) on my blog, www.nytimes.com/ontheground.
Hard-liners in the Bush administration killed discussions of a deal, and interviews with key players suggest that was an appalling mistake. There was a real hope for peace; now there is a real danger of war.
Scattered reports of the Iranian proposal have emerged previously, but if you read the full documentary record you’ll see that what the hard-liners killed wasn’t just one faxed Iranian proposal but an entire peace process. The record indicates that officials from the repressive, duplicitous government of Iran pursued peace more energetically and diplomatically than senior Bush administration officials — which makes me ache for my country. ...
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- dave 5-01-2007 7:01 am
the scope of their treachery is boundless.
Kristof: "Diplomacy at Its Worst"
Nicholas Kristof has a column in the New York Times today on a story we already knew about -- that the Iranians went to the U.S. with diplomatic proposals in 2003, but were rebuffed by Bush's hard-wingers -- but he's dug up the documents:
In May 2003, Iran sent a secret proposal to the U.S. for settling our mutual disputes in a “grand bargain.”
It is an astonishing document, for it tries to address a range of U.S. concerns about nuclear weapons, terrorism and Iraq. I’ve placed it and related documents (including multiple drafts of it) on my blog, www.nytimes.com/ontheground.
Hard-liners in the Bush administration killed discussions of a deal, and interviews with key players suggest that was an appalling mistake. There was a real hope for peace; now there is a real danger of war.
Scattered reports of the Iranian proposal have emerged previously, but if you read the full documentary record you’ll see that what the hard-liners killed wasn’t just one faxed Iranian proposal but an entire peace process. The record indicates that officials from the repressive, duplicitous government of Iran pursued peace more energetically and diplomatically than senior Bush administration officials — which makes me ache for my country. ...
- dave 5-01-2007 9:34 am