U.S. willing to talk to Iran about Iraq

[sabra]

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/politics/14113784.htm

U.S. willing to talk to Iran about Iraq
Associated Press

WASHINGTON - The United States said Thursday it was prepared to talk with Iran about Iraq, but said any discussions must be restricted to that topic and not include other contentious subjects like Tehran's suspected nuclear weapons program.

Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, is authorized to talk with Iran about Iraq, much as the United States has talked with Iran about issues relating to Afghanistan, White House press secretary Scott McClellan said.

"But this is a very narrow mandate dealing specifically with issues relating to Iraq," McClellan said. U.S. concerns about Iran's nuclear program are being dealt with at the United Nations. "That's a separate issue from this," McClellan said.

The White House statement came after Ali Larijani, Iran's top nuclear negotiator and secretary of the country's Supreme National Security Council, said Tehran was ready to open direct talks with the United States over Iraq, marking a major shift in Iranian foreign policy.

[MrPrax]

1. I can't find it...

but is it MY imagination that last week this clown was denying straight up and down that he NEVER talked to the Iranians...ever. He was also mentioning about how there would be NO permanent bases in Iraq either...

Creeps like this are only exasperating the situation...one presumes he knows that the war will continue and expand and he probably has as much contempt for the Iraqis as he does for Americans.

[David__77]

2. Why should Iran oblige them?

The US is Iran's biggest national security threat.

[mom cat]

3. Bingo.