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http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/latestnews/Obama-offers-olive-branch-to.5095231.jp

Published Date: 21 March 2009
“An aide to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's president, welcomed "the interest of the American government to settle differences". But Aliakbar Javanfekr added: "The Obama administration so far has just talked." He called for "fundamental changes in policy towards Iran".

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/5021796/Iran-responds-to-Barack-Obamas-video-appeal-with-nuclear-pledge.html

By Our Foreign Staff and Agencies in Tehran
Last Updated: 7:12PM GMT 20 Mar 2009
“US President Barack Obama's videotaped message offering a ‘fresh start’ appealing for a 'new beginning' with Iran. This has been met by a pledge, in an unusually swift reaction to Mr Obama's overture, by Iran's energy minister, Parviz Fattah, saying Iran would "finish and operate" its controversial nuclear plant by the end of the year.”

Can there be doubt as to Israeli reaction to implication of retracted objection to Iranian nuclear ability? Has Obama made a mis-step -- insuring a mid-east war?

It appears Iranian reaction to this diplomatic ‘olive branch’ to diffuse the nuclear argument is: Iran claims victory.

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Originally posted by MacSwain
Has Obama made a mis-step -- insuring a mid-east war?
No. The spake I heard on BBC Word Service earlier this morning was joined up politics/diplomacy. At long last.

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Originally posted by MacSwain
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/latestnews/Obama-offers-olive-branch-to.5095231.jp

[i]Published Date: 21 March 2009
“An aide to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's president, welcomed "the interest of the American government to settle differences". But Aliakbar Javanfekr added: "The Obama administration so far has just talked." He called for "fundamental chang diplomatic ‘olive branch’ to diffuse the nuclear argument is: Iran claims victory.
[/i]I don't know why everyone's so terrified about Iran getting nuclear weapons. But I have a theory. Watch this.

Israel has had nuclear warheads since before 1967.

If I did not just start heart attacks all around, then it's racism. If I did, then it's consistency. Unfortunately, the price of consistency in an age without universal health care is quite a bit.