Iran - negotiating the truth

For G. W. Bush and his neocons, negotiating the truth is standard operating procedure. Truth, in the Bush administration, depends upon which way the political winds are blowing at the moment.

You may recall how not so long ago, our esteemed leader implied (rather directly) that Obama and others calling for negotiations with Iran were "traitors" to America, and da Bush, in a Jerusalem speech, suggested that to conduct diplomatic discussions with Iran was the same as trying to appease the Nazis back ever so long ago.

For years the Bushites have been ratcheting up the reasons to bomb Iran. Cheney and his neocon friends have had an attack on Iran first on their agenda since the late 1990s. We've been told that "intelligence" proves that the Iranians are up to no good and nothing they say about their nuclear program can be believed.

Furthermore, the Bush administration has refused to hold diplomatic talks with Iran under any circumstances.


What has changed? What is difference between Iran today and Iran a week ago? Something must be, but we haven't been informed as to that difference.

Nevertheless, the Bushites have announced they are sending a "high-level State Department official to attend talks with nuclear negotiators in Switzerland over the weekend."

"...observers suggest that the shift in the US's longstanding tactic of isolating Tehran maybe motivated by a desire to ensure that other countries such as China and Russia do not make too many concession to Iran during the negotiation."

If that's the case, of course, then, once again, the United States is acting hypocritically, seeking only to maintain the peculiar interests of the neocons in the Bush administration without giving a damn about the rest of the world.

Which is par for the course!

Some of the above was taken from an article by John Amato at Crooks and Liars. You can read that article and watch a pertinent video here.