[snugs]

This is exactly what William Hague said today on one of the Sunday talk shows in Britain that people are getting focused on that there are 2 options for Iraq, immediate withdrawal or phased with date withdrawal whereas there are a lot more options than that.

He said of course we want our servicemen home as soon as possible but we should leave Iraq a stable country. I read between the lines here that he and the Conservative Party certainly would not be pushing the government for withdrawal.

William Hague said that Britain needs to be involved though in the discussions which of course Tony Blair will be via video link this week.

He was asked about Syria and Iran whether Britain should push the US to engage in talks with them regarding the region which is what is rumoured Blair will be pushing for during this video link. William Hague stated we should be concentrating on the more moderate countries in the region and getting dialog with them and to include Syria and Iran is naive at present one would like to in the future but at present it would not be possible.

Personally I do not agree with Tony Blair if he is going suggest talks with Iran and Syria I believe that like William Hague it would be naive to think we can engage with them at present.

[Txsleuth]

Thanks for that post about what William Hague is saying about the Iraq decisions.

I hope Tony doesn't wobble...and go with the crowd that wants to talk to Iran and Syria...because I know how much President Bush respects Tony's opinion..

And it would be the WORST decision Bush would make right now...to capitulate to those that want to talk to Iran and Syria. That would be elevating their terrorist leaders to a status they don't deserve, besides being a "WIN" for the other party...ugh