[Peace-discuss] What Kissinger Said: "I Do Not Believe That We Can Make Conditions"

[LAURIE SOLOMON]

>"I am in favor of negotiating with Iran.... But I do not believe that
>we can make conditions for the opening of negotiations."
...
>What [the neocons] fear is not that talks would be useless, but that
>they might be productive...

The logic and reasoning reminds me of the 1960s when Johnson use to say to
the anti-war protesters "let us reason together" but refused to entertain
the question as to whose logic should be used to do the reasoning - the
administration's logic or the logic of the anti-war people. The anti-war
people refused to accept the logic proposed by the administration since they
knew that it would lead to the administration's conclusions and preclude any
alternative conclusions.

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[mailto:peace-discuss-bounces at lists.chambana.net] On Behalf Of Robert Naiman
Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 11:01 AM
To: Peace-discuss
Subject: [Peace-discuss] What Kissinger Said: "I Do Not Believe That We Can
Make Conditions"

Jim Lehrer missed an opportunity last night to help clarify for people
watching the debate what is in dispute between Democrats like Barack
Obama and Republicans like John McCain about U.S. policy towards Iran.
For the record, this is what McCain adviser former U.S. Secretary of
State Henry Kissinger said about U.S. policy towards Iran, according
to the transcript on CNN's website:

"I am in favor of negotiating with Iran.... But I do not believe that
we can make conditions for the opening of negotiations."
...
What [the neocons] fear is not that talks would be useless, but that
they might be productive...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/what-kissinger-said-i-do_b_12986
9.html

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/27/11318/6202


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Robert Naiman
Just Foreign Policy
www.justforeignpolicy.org
naiman at justforeignpolicy.org

Ambassador Pickering on Iran Talks and Multinational Enrichment
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kGZFrFxVg8A
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