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Peter R. Huessy

Iranian Mullahs: Can We Talk? (Part 2)

Posted by Peter R. Huessy Aug 17th 2010 at 3:00 pm in Afghanistan, Foreign Policy, History, Iran, Iraq, Islamic extremism, Israel, Nuclear Proliferation, Strategy, Terrorism, Weapons | Comments(9)
That then is our dilemma. Though we rhetorically see Iran as a state sponsor of terror, and even officially say so in our annual State Department reports on the same subject, our actions to date, and from every administration since 1979, have revealed a general unwillingness to face an ugly reality. [...]
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Peter R. Huessy

Iranian Mullahs: Can We Talk? (Part 1)

Posted by Peter R. Huessy Aug 15th 2010 at 9:49 am in Afghanistan, Energy, Foreign Policy, History, Iran, Iraq, Islamic extremism, Nuclear Proliferation, Strategy, Weapons | Comments(31)
The Iranian Mullahs want to talk. So does the United States. Tehran wants to negotiate because the economic sanctions are hurting. The US wants to negotiate because it wants to be sure Iran is not building nuclear weapons. But can such talks work? The historical record is not promising. The US administration has apparently decided we [...]
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