Iran Doesn't Want to Play
Iran just isn’t going to play nice. Rather than drawing a line in the sand..., or taking Iran’s nuclear weapons programs and violations of the NPT to the UN Security Council, the U.S. decided to give a little. Just a little, but to openly admit a willingness to support the EU3’s negotiations and bribery of the mullahs. WTO membership is even on the table. Not something I'd favor.
Sirus Naseri responded to Secretary Rice’s comments. Sort of.
"What is being suggested is very much insignificant," Sirus Naseri, a senior Iranian negotiator in nuclear talks with the European Union, told Reuters in an interview. "In fact, it (the U.S. offer) is too insignificant to comment about."As I’ve said before of the potential for U.S. support of the EU3 plan. It’s a no win, no lose situation for the President. Iran will not give up its program and will not come clean on its existing efforts. By going along with the EU3, the President shows a willingness to find a solution, diplomatically, and knows full well that it will never happen. The EU3 will then have to support taking the issue to the UN Security Council.
The only truly negative aspect of this arrangement is the additional time it provides Iran. Here's the AP report for those inclined, it only covers the U.S. position at this point.
