As first proposed by the US. It was the idea of a US official. The involvement of Brazil and Turkey came later, in 2010 - at the request of the US.
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 9:12 PM, Michael Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -- Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
