May 8, 2006

HELP ME OFF THIS LIMB:

Ahmadinejad sends letter to Bush (BBC, 5/08/06)

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has written to George W Bush proposing "new solutions" to their differences.

The letter will be sent via the Swiss Embassy which represents US interests in Iran, a government spokesman said.

Mr Ahmadinejad proposes "new solutions for getting out of international problems and the current fragile situation of the world", he said.

Reports say it is the first letter from an Iranian president to a US leader since the Iranian revolution in 1979.


President Bush should publicly thank him, ask to visit Iran to talk things out, and then turn the trip into Reagan's visit to Moscow.

Posted by Orrin Judd at May 8, 2006 8:27 AM
Comments

We might better wait until we've seen the text of the letter before we celebrate Ahmadi's backing down. The letter could easily crawl farther out on the limb.

Posted by: David Cohen at May 8, 2006 11:12 AM

Mr. Bush does have a chainsaw down there at the Crawford ranch, doesn't he?

Posted by: Mike Morley at May 8, 2006 11:15 AM

When one side asks for negotiations it has already lost.

Posted by: oj at May 8, 2006 11:17 AM

Funny you should say that. Saddam thought the same thing, with regard to Iran.

In 1980.

Posted by: Barry Meislin at May 8, 2006 11:45 AM

Yes, recall that Saddam offered peace first after his offensive failed and the war shifted to Iraqi territory.

Posted by: oj at May 8, 2006 11:54 AM

We have here in our hand a piece of paper...

Posted by: joe shropshire at May 8, 2006 1:15 PM
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