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| CFR to go wobbly on mullahs |
| 2004-07-17 |
| The Council on Foreign Relations will recommend Monday that America negotiate with Iran in an effort to stabilize Iraq, end Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons, and capture members of Al Qaeda. CFR is considered America's premier consensus-making body for foreign policy. It is rarely critical of a sitting president. In this case, its recommendation for warming ties with Iran is in line with Senator Kerry's public position on the campaign trail. Actually, Kerry's public position wrt the mullahs is, uh, on his knees. The report says America should pursue an offer Iran made last spring to American diplomats in Geneva to turn over some members of Al Qaeda to other countries, according to sources familiar with its contents. "Some members" == irrelevant cannon fodder. In exchange, the report recommends that members of an anti-Iranian violent insurgency movement under custody of American forces in Iraq be sent to other countries to face prosecution for crimes against the Islamic republic. This advice comes as the State Department is negotiating the status of the Mujahadin e-Khalq with the Iraqi interim government. That's these guys. America's support of a European initiative to entice Iran's cooperation with nuclear inspectors through dialogue and trade has appeared to do nothing to blunt the Islamic Republic's nuclear ambitions. No kidding. |
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| #3 CFR FOAD |
| Posted by: RWV 2004-07-18 12:02:05 AM |
| #2 Also on the task force is the chairman of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, Peter Ackerman. Why isn't there an International Center for Violent Conflict? Wouldn't that be a lot more realistic (after all these guys are the realists, right?) |
| Posted by: AzCat 2004-07-17 10:36:31 PM |
| #1 The Council on Foreign Relations will recommend Monday that America negotiate with Iran in an effort to stabilize Iraq, end Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons, and capture members of Al Qaeda. Negotiate? I have a better idea: how about rounding these guys up and giving them a good Singapore-style caning? |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-07-17 9:00:14 PM |