Talk to Iran; it’s working with North Korea
Cato Institute
by Ted Galen Carpenter
08/01/07
For several years the United States has dealt with two major nuclear proliferation crises, one involving North Korea, the other Iran. The U.S. has accomplished some progress with North Korea, which says it has shut down its reactor at Yongbyon and readmitted inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency. The same cannot be said of Iran, where there is no indication the impasse will break anytime soon. Instead of continuing to pursue a policy that has yielded no positive results, or even worse, deciding to escalate the confrontation, the Bush administration should engage Iran with the same proactive diplomacy it has used toward North Korea. As distasteful as it might be to U.S. leaders, that would require an unprecedented willingness to engage the regime in Tehran...
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=8619
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ted+Galen+Carpenter
by Ted Galen Carpenter
08/01/07
For several years the United States has dealt with two major nuclear proliferation crises, one involving North Korea, the other Iran. The U.S. has accomplished some progress with North Korea, which says it has shut down its reactor at Yongbyon and readmitted inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency. The same cannot be said of Iran, where there is no indication the impasse will break anytime soon. Instead of continuing to pursue a policy that has yielded no positive results, or even worse, deciding to escalate the confrontation, the Bush administration should engage Iran with the same proactive diplomacy it has used toward North Korea. As distasteful as it might be to U.S. leaders, that would require an unprecedented willingness to engage the regime in Tehran...
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=8619
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ted+Galen+Carpenter
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