'Senator Kerry would seek direct talks with Iran'

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[kcvl]

'Senator Kerry would seek direct talks with Iran'

Saturday, February 07, 2004 - ©2003 IranMania.com

Washington, Feb 6 (IranMania) -- According to Iran’s State News Agency (IRNA) democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry will seek direct talks with Iran if he wins the White House, his foreign policy chief said.

Rand Beers, national security issues coordinator for the Massachusetts senator, was critical of President George W Bush for shunning direct dialogue with Iran after branding it a member of an "axis of evil," dispatches indicated.

Speaking to a foreign policy forum, Beers said the question of nuclear non-proliferation was one of the most significant issues facing the world and Washington should press harder to advance negotiations.

Beers said Kerry, currently leading the pack in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, sought more direct efforts to thaw relations with Iran that have been frozen since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

"John Kerry is not saying that he is looking for better relations with Iran. He is looking for a dialogue with Iran," Beers said. "There are some issues on which we really need to sit down with the Iranians."

He listed the cultivation of opium poppies in neighboring Afghanistan, terrorism and nuclear non-proliferation as among the questions Kerry would like to take up directly with Tehran.

"It`s a realistic sitting down and having the kinds of discussions that we`re just not having because this administration is so tied in its own ideological views of Iran and waiting for the Iranian regime to collapse."

He said Kerry would want to work with a "broad range of countries" to stem the traffic in materials that could fall into the wrong hands and help make nuclear, biological or chemical weapons.

"We`re going to have look at international (non-proliferation) regimes that currently exist and probably go through some revisions of those regimes in order to find a way to approach and address

[kcvl]

John Kerry will seek direct talks with Iran if he wins the White House

[CasearianDaoist]

What an idiot.

[chachacha]

Direct talks with a regime (that is unpopular with the masses and is doing everything to hang on to power) will do nothing but slow the revolution.

Another liberal plan for appeasement.

Of course Mr Kerry is great at changing colors.

[MEG33]

Perhaps Kerry can have a "sit down" with Kim and find out how much treasure it requires to get Kim to pretend to stop nuclear armament of North Korea.

Maybe he can invite Arafat for sleepovers at the White House again.

Disband the State Dept..except for a liason to the UN.It can decide foreign policy for the US.

[risk]

the right ait ping :)
and bump

[MEG33]

Here is a discussion on the article.

[beckysueb]

And maybe Tuh-ra-za can share a hug with Mrs. Terrorist like Mrs. Clintoon did.

[MEG33]

That certainly works well,we see...;(

[dc-zoo]

John "Frenchy" Kerry wants your vote for prez so he can get real nice and cozy with the terrorists so they won't want to hurt us any more. And we though bill and hill were bad.

[Cowboy Bob]

John Kerry will seek direct talks with Iran if he wins the White House

And will his special envoy will be Jimmy Carter?

[MrBambaLaMamba]

Smart move, just give them time to work on that nuclear weapons technology they 'bought' from the paki rat-traitor.

And aren't the mad mullahs about to host a big "Ayatollah Day" bash with invites to all the worlds terrorists orgs?

The most effective way to end war and ensure peace is to kill the enemy.

End terrorism, kill terrorists.

[risk]

I can't wait for this election. No opinion polls, no surveys, just referendum or mandate. It's gonna be mandate, or else we're not worthy to call ourselves American.

[F14 Pilot]

Ping you all again here!

[W04Man]

Right, here is another one he had direct talks with:

[cardinal4]

Disband the State Dept..except for a liason to the UN.It can decide foreign policy for the US.

Yep, good call Meg. State is riddled with liberals and Clintonistas. They are a drag on US politics.

[MEG33]

I have no love for a lot of career State Dept. employees , for they often forget the US is the country whose interests are to be attended,not the country they are working in overseas!

I ,however do not wish to turn foreign policy over to the UN..they certainly don't want to advance the interests of the US!

[capydick]

Senator Kerry would seek direct talks with Iran

And shortly thereafter hand over United States security over to the U.N. - where it will be determined that we must pay reparations to Iran and North Korea for including it in "The Axis of Evil".

[windchime]

"Rand Beers, national security issues coordinator for the Massachusetts senator, was critical of President George W Bush for shunning direct dialogue with Iran after branding it a member of an "axis of evil," dispatches indicated."

Good riddance to anyone that thinks you can reason with terrorists.  I guess we're not understanding and sympathizing with why they hate us.

Info on Beers link:    Ex-Bush Aide: Terror War A Bust

[F14 Pilot]

I have a question from Mr. Kerry and that is if he is ready to talk directly with a few un-elected Mullahs in Tehran and forget the Iranian freedom fighters?

[Beck_isright]

He might as well seek direct talks with Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy and Easter Bunny as well. All those conferences would be about as effective as talking to Iran.