Just not our side...Condi's on the Lehrer Report telling us that we "didn't talk or negotiate with the Soviets" despite all evidence to the contrary. She's trying to portray the current policy against attempts at diplomacy with Iran or Syria as consistant with previous US admins stated foreign policy... With very limited success in my estimation.
She added that any talking would lead Iran to an expectation of exacting a price for compliance to agreements. Huh? That's called successful negotiation..we're gonna ask for stuff too Condi.
A little back and forth, to and from...whatever you wanna call it...but don't expect telling people in no uncertain terms that this is the way it is gonna be is ever going to be a substitute for serious diplomacy. Telling folks FU is not policy..(Note to Condi and her man..check status of coalition in Iraq for reference)
Frameworks for lasting peace are not constructed quickly or easily but they do require cooperation. Without an overture that includes something constituting quasi-legal consideration, there will be no mutual interest in cooperating. If only one side is acting, there is no contract to agree to anyway.
Don't tell me that trying to talk is fruitless if you haven't tried and let's be honest...if you aren't doing it, how do you know what the result will be? Lastly, this posture looks more like a position of cluelessness than the hardnosed stance the Bushies imagine it to be.
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