Saturday, June 16, 2007

Iran Strategy Stirs Debate at White House

What fascinated me about this New York Time page 1 lead was how the paper refers to the confrontation with Iran as President Bush's problem, not Americas. For years the Bush Administration has attempted every means possible to negotiate with Iran. They have relied heavily on both our European "allies" and others in the international community. So far nothing has worked and Iran remains moving full steam ahead to possession of a nuclear bomb.

Iran Strategy Stirs Debate at White House
By HELENE COOPER and DAVID E. SANGER
Published: June 16, 2007

WASHINGTON, June 15 — A year after President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced a new strategy toward Iran, a behind-the-scenes debate has broken out within the administration over whether the approach has any hope of reining in Iran’s nuclear program, according to senior administration officials.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/16/washington/16diplo.html?_r=1&hp=&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1181992195-kKsRvCIQLYzzpvC9wc2Svw

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