Remember when the liberals and the Crying Man, our Senator RINOvich (but I repeat myself) was screaming and hollering about the United States meeting with Iran over Iraq issues and how if we'd only just sit down and talk over tea and crumpets everything would be just grand? You remember that don't ya? Well, we're talking to Iran in Baghdad and it sounds like a whole lot of nothing is getting done except exchanging pleasantries...From today's State Department briefing:
QUESTION: On the Iran-Iraq-U.S. talks in Baghdad today, first, are you satisfied that you met whatever goals that you had for this meeting?Well, that's just fabulous...glad to see RINOvich's plan is working so well..... See? I told you so...
MR. MCCORMACK: Well, in terms of Ryan, our Ambassador Crocker -- Ryan Crocker -- being able to convey our views directly to Iranian Government representatives, yes. Now, the larger question I think that underpins what you've just asked is: Are we going to see any results from the Iranian Government? Are we going to see any change in behavior? That I can't tell you. We shall see. That's going to be entirely up to the Iranian Government whether or not we see any change in behavior, whether or not their actions match their stated policy aims of strategic stability in Iraq.
