Iran Talks: Deal Time or Delay Tactics?

North Star Writers Group ^ | July 21, 2008 | Lucia de Vernai

[Invisigoth]

The drop in prices at the pump can in part be contributed to the high hopes associated with the Iran-U.S. talks in Geneva. In a significant shift in its policy of not engaging in opening talks until Iran ceased its uranium-enrichment program, diplomats from the UN, EU and the U.S. have presented Iran with a freeze-for-freeze offer that provides for no more sanctions against the country in return for Tehran suspending nuclear activities.

The Iranian delegation expressed interest in the deal, but it’s unclear whether they are willing to take it or are trying to buy time. That’s a tough one. Iran tested missiles last week and has been exchanging threats with Israel.

Yep, looks like these guys are ready to smoke the peace pipe.

To be fair, since the EU froze the assets of Iran’s largest bank, Bank Melli, in late June, sanctions have inflated food prices by 50 percent and caused repeated water shortages and power outages.

Iranians claim that the nuclear program is designed to meet the country’s energy needs. That would be a lot easier to believe if this were not the country that still stones people for adultery. With one of the highest execution rates in the world, instead of selling out to the Western methods of killing prisoners and powering up the chair, they stayed traditional. Americans have a guilty conscience too, so no one is pointing fingers. It’s just that nuclear energy is something the progressive French do. And the French do a lot of things that get you stoned in Iran.

[WayneS]

“Iran Talks: Deal Time or Delay Tactics?”

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