Iran Nuclear Watch: National Security Adviser Steven J. Hadley – “Iran’s New Willingness to Discuss Iraq a PLOY”
National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley is pictured in the Roosevelt Room of the White House Friday, March 17, 2006. In the first major foreign policy review since 2002, President Bush said Thursday that Iran may pose the greatest challenge to the United States. He criticized China and Russia for political repression and underscored his administration’s strike-first policy against terrorists and other enemies.
ASSociated Press: Bush Adviser Says Iran Bluffing on Iraq
President Bush’s top foreign policy adviser said Friday that Iran’s new willingness to talk about Iraq with the United States is probably a ploy designed to “divert pressure and divert attention” from international concern that Tehran wants a nuclear bomb.
DUH……why? Do you think Iran is our ALLY?
The United States has accused Iran of using a civilian nuclear program as a cover to build atomic weapons, an allegation Tehran denies.
The U.N. Security Council is expected to discuss Iran’s nuclear program this month, with Washington pressing for penalties.
The Bush administration views Tehran’s acceptance of an American offer to talk about Iraq, made months ago, as an indication that Iran is feeling the international heat, national security adviser Steven J. Hadley said.“What is interesting is that the Iranians would choose now, at this moment, in such a very public way, to embrace this idea and try to expand it to a negotiation about a broader set of issues,” Hadley said.
“The concern, therefore, is that it is simply a device by the Iranians to try and divert pressure that they’re feeling in New York, to try and drive a wedge between the United States and the other countries with which we are working on the nuclear issue and, if you will, divert pressure and divert attention.”
Hadley added: “Obviously, this is something that we and those who are working with us on these issues will not let happen.”
The ball continues in President Bush’s court.
Stay tuned…….
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