tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13437119.post114741612617199270..comments2024-03-01T13:51:47.721+05:30Comments on Reality, one bite at a time: An Iranian offer that America must heedSiddharth Varadarajanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07721228307097170092noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13437119.post-1149173337920520752006-06-01T20:18:00.000+05:302006-06-01T20:18:00.000+05:30Pure speculation on my part, but I have to wonder ...Pure speculation on my part, but I have to wonder if he hadn't already settled on the inevitability of an American attack despite whatever nuclear concessions he may make, which is not an unreasonable supposition given the hawks who had settled on Iraqi regime change even before 9/11, using that as the pretext to invade there, just as they are now using his plans for a reactor. Given the likelihood of an attack despite what any of the diplomats were saying, Ahmadinejad may well have been posturing for his allies benifit, this so they could point to his behaviour, saying they can't control him if you...Bush...continue to pressure him. Because The US is not in a position to open another war <I>at this moment</I>, it would be wiser to quit hardlining him and let the reactor go up with the strict oversight suggested by Russia, EU.Mycoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14810219250804482121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13437119.post-1148271432608340822006-05-22T09:47:00.000+05:302006-05-22T09:47:00.000+05:30Interesting. Why do you assume thatAhmadinejad, wh...Interesting. Why do you assume that<BR/>Ahmadinejad, who has worked so hard to be as provocative as possible and kill any attempts at compromise proposed by the Europeans or Russia, is interested in a dialogue ?markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16283319657103608208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13437119.post-1147694468028002182006-05-15T17:31:00.000+05:302006-05-15T17:31:00.000+05:30If I am not mistaken, Ayatullah Khomeini also wrot...If I am not mistaken, Ayatullah Khomeini also wrote a letter to Mikhail Gorbachev sometime in the 1980s warning him that the USSR was doomed to failure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13437119.post-1147681828524513032006-05-15T14:00:00.000+05:302006-05-15T14:00:00.000+05:30Lol... No problem. I have found and read through t...Lol... No problem. I have found and read through the document. Thanks anyhow.Mycoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14810219250804482121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13437119.post-1147618941052058402006-05-14T20:32:00.000+05:302006-05-14T20:32:00.000+05:30Oops, Sorry. There still seems to be error in corr...Oops, Sorry. There still seems to be error in correct display of the html anchor tag for the link text.<BR/><BR/>I have now indiacted it below without incorporating an anchor tag.<BR/><BR/>The link for viewing/downloading an English translation of Iran President Ahmadinejad's Letter is (Council on Foreign Relations):<BR/>http://www.cfr.org/publication/10633/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13437119.post-1147580854482497032006-05-14T09:57:00.000+05:302006-05-14T09:57:00.000+05:30This is a corrected response (corrected since in m...This is a corrected response (corrected since in my previous comment, the link appears to have been not properly indicated by me) to the comment above by Mycos:<BR/><BR/>Perhaps you can view/download an English translation of the letter in pdf format from <A HREF="http://www.cfr.org/publication/10633" REL="nofollow"/>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13437119.post-1147580529741327402006-05-14T09:52:00.000+05:302006-05-14T09:52:00.000+05:30This is in response to the comment above by Mycos:...This is in response to the comment above by Mycos:<BR/><BR/>Perhaps you can view/download an English translation of the letter in pdf format from <A HREF="http://www.cfr.org/publication/10633" REL="nofollow"/>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13437119.post-1147538913284230452006-05-13T22:18:00.000+05:302006-05-13T22:18:00.000+05:30Btw. Is it possible to get a look at the Iranian p...Btw. Is it possible to get a look at the Iranian presidents letter to Bush?Mycoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14810219250804482121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13437119.post-1147538689038262592006-05-13T22:14:00.000+05:302006-05-13T22:14:00.000+05:30Thanks for at least trying to keep the train still...Thanks for at least trying to keep the train still up on the rails, despite Bush/Cheney/PNAC's reckless attempts at derailing the world's economy (yes..singular), a strategy I'm becominging increasingly convinced is now the play, given that the 9/11 trauma wore thin on the people at home faster than they'd hoped. If Wolfowitz at the WB, Bolton at the UN, and Gonzalez at home, all of them perfectly willing to provide "Amerisrael" with..respectively... whatever financial, military, or domestic legal situation or cover neccesary to provoke the final push, we need every rational mind there is to keep speaking up.Mycoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14810219250804482121noreply@blogger.com