Thursday, May 31, 2007

First Formal US-Iran Talks since 1980

From Juan Cole at Informed Comment

Do the United States and Iran have things to talk about? Yes. They have several common interests, which could be stressed and developed fruitfully ... Shiite Iran is a deadly enemy of the Iraqi Baath Party and of the radical Salafi Jihadis who are responsible for most of the violence in Iraq and for most of the killings of US troops. There are ways in which the US and Iran could cooperate in defeating these forces, which are inimical to both Washington and Tehran.

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