Bush Follows Obama's Lead And Will Send Envoy To Iran

For months now the White House, George Bush, John McCain, Republicans Etc. have been saying how dumb Obama is for suggesting that we send people to talk with Iran.  I mean they have called him naive, said that he doesn't know what he is doing, that it is a terrible idea that will embolden the enemy, blah blah blah.  Well guess what?  George Bush is sending someone to talk with Iran.  I wonder how John McCain will try and weasel his way out of his previous statements on the subject.  Should be fun!

American Envoy To Join Iran Talks
Move Is Departure From Prior Policy

By Glenn Kessler

Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, July 16, 2008; Page A12

The Bush administration will send a senior envoy this weekend to international talks with Iran about its nuclear program in what U.S. officials described as a "one-time deal" designed to demonstrate a serious desire to negotiate a solution to the impasse over Tehran's ambitions.

In a significant departure from long-standing policy, Undersecretary of State William J. Burns will join a scheduled meeting in Geneva between European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana and top Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, according to a senior State Department official.

Burns will not negotiate with the Iranians nor hold separate meetings, the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the decision had not yet been announced. Instead, Burns will advance the White House's position that serious negotiations can begin only after Iran suspends uranium enrichment.

Administration officials have long insisted that U.S. representatives would not join even preliminary discussions with Tehran until it suspends its enrichment of uranium -- a distinction that presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has called counterproductive. 

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