This is pretty big news, not just from a foreign policy perspective, but also with respect to the presidential race : Bush has authorized William Burns, the 3rd highest ranking US diplomat, to attend a meeting in Geneva on Iran’s nuclear program, where he’ll interact with Saeed Jalili, Iran’s negotiator.
Bush has long resisted any direct high-level contact between the US and Iran, preferring to try to browbeat the Iranians into giving up their nuclear drive, and McCain’s taken an even harder line on Iran. Obama, of course, has said that we should negotiate with Iran from a position of strength, including meeting with Iran’s leader, in order to help our situation in Iraq. Now, Bush has pivoted in his last few months in office towards Obama’s approach. Wow. McCain has to be fuming, and I bet John Bolton’s crapping himself right now.
TAGS: Iran, Iraq, mccain, obama, presidential race, Race, war
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