Power Line: How Barack Obama Undercut Bush Administration’s Nuclear Negotiations With Iran
In 2008, the Bush administration, along with the “six powers,” was negotiating with Iran concerning that country’s nuclear arms program. The Bush administration’s objective was to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. On July 20, 2008, the New York Times headlined: “Nuclear Talks With Iran End in a Deadlock.” What caused the talks to founder? The Times explained:
Iran responded with a written document that failed to address the main issue: international demands that it stop enriching uranium. And Iranian diplomats reiterated before the talks that they considered the issue nonnegotiable.
The Iranians held firm to their position, perhaps because they knew that help was on the way, in the form of a new president. Barack Obama had clinched the Democratic nomination on June 3. At some point either before or after that date, but prior to the election, he secretly let the Iranians know that he would be much easier to bargain with than President Bush. Michael Ledeen reported the story last year:
WNU Editor: Is this a case where the "coffee pot is calling the tea kettle black"? Only the conservative blogosphere is pushing this story, but U.S. politicians have a long history of contacting foreign governments much to the chagrin of whoever is the current occupant in the White House. Who says U.S. politics is not messy?
2 comments:
If true, this is really dumb. Obama should have been hoping that Bush could solve this problem before he got into office. 7 years later and it is still a thorn in his side.
The Dem. Motto: Do As I Say.....Not As I Do!!
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