Iran is moving
Following up on the very public leak the other day that the US is possibly deploying ships to Iran (more formally debunked by Fred Kaplan at Slate,) we now get a report that the Iranian nuclear negotiator is not coming to New York this week for the UN meeting. (check the source, it's being pushed by Bolton.)
And to add to the hype, we have the ever incorrect Drudge throwing up one of his disappearing, unlinked "flash" items, "FLASH: Iran's UN ambassador says that President Ahmadinejad will hold 'major newsconference' in NYC Thursday AM at UN headquarters..."
Followed by a link to an article citing Israeli foreign minister Livni saying there's only "a few months" to avoid a nuclear Iran.
The hype is on pointing to the Bush speech tomorrow, but the problem is, Ahmadenijad is holding all the cards. There's no credible US stick.
I'll be far more curious to hear Ahmadenijad's speech this week than Bush's predictable reprise.
And to add to the hype, we have the ever incorrect Drudge throwing up one of his disappearing, unlinked "flash" items, "FLASH: Iran's UN ambassador says that President Ahmadinejad will hold 'major newsconference' in NYC Thursday AM at UN headquarters..."
Followed by a link to an article citing Israeli foreign minister Livni saying there's only "a few months" to avoid a nuclear Iran.
The hype is on pointing to the Bush speech tomorrow, but the problem is, Ahmadenijad is holding all the cards. There's no credible US stick.
I'll be far more curious to hear Ahmadenijad's speech this week than Bush's predictable reprise.
posted by mikevotes at
9:55 PM
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There was one comment in that TIME story that completely discredited it. That was a remark that Iran could make our life more difficult in Afghanistan by backing the Taliban. That would buck, I dunno, 20 or 30 years of Iranian policy in regards to that country. It would be so short-sighted on Tehran, well, it's just not a possibility. Moreover, Iraq is clearly their spehere of influence and the Persians are looking West, not East.
"Planners plan."
Wacked out Neocons "leak"
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Bravo 2-1, at 10:43 AM
Yeah, you got it. There a bunch of things in that Duffy piece that sounded planted.
I'll bet they actually did have an order. It would give Duffy the sense that he was getting something special.
What set me off was the mention of submarine. The US NEVER intentionally divulges its subs or their whereabouts.
It was all done in support of this round of "diplomacy."
Mike
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mikevotes, at 1:29 PM
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