<p>Hey Mini:</p>
<p>Did you see that the Iranian President made the second public overture in a month for discussions with the US today?</p>
<p>If Bush calls Iran the Axis of Evil again tomorrow, I’m going to scream. </p>
<p>Find a quiet back channel and start frickin’ talking.</p>
<p>I did, but I’ve assumed there have been discussions going on for some time (often through third parties). At some point, what will happen is that Iran will call them off unless the Administration is willing to be public about them. </p>
<p>At this point, when it comes to Iraq, Iran could be the best friend the U.S. could ever have (which doesn’t say much, but that’s how bad things have likely become.)</p>
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<p>That would be my assumption, too…based on years of reading behind the scenes accounts of US foreign policy.</p>
<p>However, with this administration, nothing surprises me. For example, I assumed, pre-invasion, that they actually had intelligence assets in Iraq, a questionable assumption in retro-spect. I also assumed they had some kind of post-invasion reconstruction plan. That clearly was not the case.</p>