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Golden Member
If John Bolton is against it, it must be the right thing to do. If Bush wants to rescue any part of his "legacy", he should just consult Cheney and Bolton, as he has done in the past, but then do the opposite to everything they recommend. That would then lead to some positive results for a change. Bolton is going to have to produce some new talking points on "talking to enemies = appeasement."
This is positive, in the sense that, it seems, we will be opening this mission without setting any preconditions for the Iranians. I suspect that well seasoned observers in Washington, whose future was not in AIPAC's hands, might have presented Bush with a reality check of any conflagration with Iran.
Kudo's to Rice, for being astute enough to realise that showing a little respect costs very little, particularly for an outgoing president with little political capital to lose even if this were blown up as a political issue.
This is positive, in the sense that, it seems, we will be opening this mission without setting any preconditions for the Iranians. I suspect that well seasoned observers in Washington, whose future was not in AIPAC's hands, might have presented Bush with a reality check of any conflagration with Iran.
Kudo's to Rice, for being astute enough to realise that showing a little respect costs very little, particularly for an outgoing president with little political capital to lose even if this were blown up as a political issue.
