Iran: Talking is the only option

No sane person should wish for the talks that started yesterday at a villa on the shores of Lake Geneva to fail. The half-hour meeting between William Burns, the US delegate, and his Iranian counterpart, Saeed Jalili, was the first official encounter the two nations have had in over 30 years. If this meeting marks the start of a substantive dialogue which has been so woefully lacking for three decades then that is, by a long measure, the most desirable ... Full Story »

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Peter Henry
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by Peter Henry - Oct. 3, 2009

One reviewer complains that no experts are cited in this piece. What expert would one need to consult on the advisability of avoiding yet another war in the Middle East, the first with a functioning army? Why does it need an expert (although plenty are available) to say that bombing Iran's nuclear enrichment plants would be the height of stupidity? Why would anyone wish for talks between the U.S. and Iran NOT to be fruitful, as they have been even after a single session?

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