Ahmadinejad Delays Response on Nuclear Proposal
by John Little on 21/06/2006This news seems to confirm my fear that we’re getting played by Iran:
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday his country will respond in mid-August to the package of incentives on its nuclear program offered by the West. “We are studying the proposals. Hopefully, we will present our views about the package by mid-August,” Ahmadinejad told a crowd in western Iran in a speech broadcast live on state television.
Ahmadinejad may be a messianic nutball but he’s a smart messianic nutball. I’m not looking forward to our response. I’m sure it will be the diplomatic equivalent of a shrug.
Update:
Bush’s response:
He said that the mid-August timetable “seems like an awfully long time” to wait for an answer. “It shouldn’t take the Iranians that long to analyze what’s a reasonable deal,” Bush said.
There’s your shrug.
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