On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:24:17 -0600 Robert Naiman <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think the 2009 fuel > swap deal proposed by the U.S. was real. The fact that it was > tentatively agreed by Iran, and that Iran subsequently agreed to a > slightly amended version of it, strongly suggests that it was a > plausible deal from the Iranian point of view. As first proposed by... Brazil and Turkey? Right? Sure. But IIRC the US kept wanting more and more, and was never willing to make any commitment on sanctions. So unfortunately, as I read that history, it shows a very obdurate determination on the part of the US, or at least its dominant policy factions, to use negotiations merely as a way of putting Iran in the wrong; nobody ever pays any attention to the details. The headline just reads "Iran rejects US offer." > And the current pushback on the Administration from the AIPAC amen > corner in the Senate Pushback? Pushforward, I woulda said. It's perennial, the AIPAC & Co. drum circle on Iran. -- Michael J. Smith [email protected] http://stopmebeforeivoteagain.org http://fakesprogress.blogspot.com http://cars-suck.org _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
