Now Bush wants to give Iran a "little time and space" - No sanctions

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http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/27/america/NA_GEN_US_Iran_Nuclear.php

Bush administration says it's willing to hold off on Iran sanctions for now

The Associated Press

Published: September 27, 2006


WASHINGTON The Bush administration said Wednesday it was willing to defer seeking U.N. sanctions against Iran for a few weeks if there is a chance for a diplomatic resolution of a long-running dispute over Iran's nuclear programs.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice telephoned senior European diplomat Javier Solana on Wednesday "and we do fully support his efforts" to hold talks with Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said.

The United States had demanded Iran suspend its uranium processing as a precondition to negotiations. McCormack said whether Iran was agreeable to a temporary suspension would not be known until Solana met with Larijani.

"Their disposition to this point has not been to give clear answers" and it may require several meetings to find out, McCormack said.

And yet, the spokesman said, "There may be an opportunity here, there may be a little opening if we just give the Iranians a little time and space."


http://usinfo.state.gov/is/Archive/2006/Jun/04-829348.html

Rice Gives Iran Weeks, not Months, To Decide on Nuclear Talks - 6/2/06

By David Shelby
Washington File Staff Writer

Washington -- Iran has weeks, not months, to respond to the proposals from the international community to resolve the diplomatic impasse over Iran's nuclear activities, according to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

“{W}e can't wait for months while Iran again says on the one hand maybe they're interested in negotiating, on the other hand maybe they're not. They need to make a choice and the international community needs to know whether negotiation is a real option or not,” Rice told reporters in Vienna, Austria, June 2.

The international community is putting forth a package of incentives and penalties aimed at persuading the Iranian government to suspend its uranium enrichment activities and return to negotiations about its nuclear program. (See related article.)

“I hope that the Iranian government will take a little time to think about the proposal that is being presented to it. This is a way out of the impasse if Iran indeed wants a way out of the impasse,” she told a CBS News reporter.

[ForFuxakes]

1. The sweet irony is...

Bushco looks weaker now than if they had given diplomacy more effort.

"Stop or I'll shoot!"

"No"

"Well at least slow down!"

"No"

"OK, I'll chase you"
:crazy:

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2. OR...Russia & China not pleased with Bush interfereing with oil supplier

Not pleased at all!!!

[Ohio Joe]

3. True but I'm not sure I care why

As long as it stops him from creating another war and hopefully this will.

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4. Rice Gives Iran Weeks, not Months,/ Rice denies Clinton claims as false

Condi, she blew as the NSA leader, and she's blowing it as Secretary Of State

[roamer65]

5. Sure, they're giving Iran the weeks that are required

to arrange the air attack/blockade. I tell ya, folks. We're just weeks away...