this morning there was a story on the radio about whether the u should have direct talks with iran. senator lugar and three democratic senators have said there should be direct talks. the bush administration apparently is willing to enter into direct talks with iran, but only to discuss the iraqi insurgency, not the nuclear issue.
what is the point of ruling out direct talks on nukes? it makes no sense, especially when they are willing to talk directly about other stuff. when they say "all options are on the table" why is this particular option ruled out?
if they are really serious about a nuclear-free iran (and not just a pretext for an attack), then they would have no problem at all with direct talks. at least none that i can see. what am i missing?
