Bush befriending Ahmedinijad?

While Barak Obama wants to go «face to face» with President Ahmedinijad of Iran, President Bush is pushing less direct diplomatic contact, but important all the same. The United States government will soon be submitting a request to open up an «interests office» in Iran, a half-step below an embassy by all accounts, and will be the first diplomatic visit since the revolution.

And after all that talk of war, bomb-bomb Iran, nuclear weapons, defending Israel, destabilising Iraq, blah blah blah, all the political rhetoric, basically blew over and the real motive behind all foreign policy, financial interest, takes command of the situation. The Presidents are keen to open up investment in Iran to the United States, and vice versa. Friendly nations prosper...

Question one: Will McCain follow Bush's lead?
Question two: What does Israel think of this? What consequences does a shift in U.S. attitudes and actions have for Israeli foreign policy.

Libellés : Diplomatie, États-Unis

par Borges à 12:34

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