From: "Mark" 

I wouldn't say it's cheer worthy, but I'm all for trying what we can in a
variety of ways, but I'd be very leery of trusting Iran 

Oh, and I was wound up tighter than a snare drum last night, sorry if I was
unreasonable and/or just plain obnoxious -- it comes from a gut and growing
feeling of us as a country not taking seriously the possibility that we can
still lose this war on terror and sometimes I just get carried away.

"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
news:73fe435iei8tldoirnkm20atg6kqfvbhju{at}4ax.com...
> On Thu, 10 May 2007 11:11:23 -0400, "Mark"
 wrote:
>
>>http://www.nypost.com/seven/05102007/postopinion/opedcolumnists/duty_to_the_f
uture_opedcolumnists_rupert_murdoch.htm
>>"TODAY, I am announcing our intention to be carbon-neutral,
across all our
>>businesses, by 2010. "
>>
>>I give up .
>
>
> Maybe this will cheer you up.  I certainly find it encouraging.
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/13/AR20070513003
04.html?hpid=topnews
> The White House today confirmed that U.S. and Iranian officials would
> meet in the next few weeks in Baghdad to discuss security in Iraq and
> urge Iran into playing "a productive role in Iraq."
>
> and
>
> McBride spoke after Iran's foreign ministry spokesman said that Tehran
> has agreed to a formal request from the U.S. to talk about security in
> Iraq during meetings in Baghdad, the country's official news agency
> reported.
>
> The report said Iran had received the request through the Swiss
> Embassy in Tehran, which often acts as an intermediary for the United
> States in the country.
>
> "Iran has agreed to this [negotiation] after consultation with Iraqi
> officials, in order to lessen the pain of the Iraqi people, support
> the Iraqi government and establish security and peace in Iraq," the
> Iranian agency quoted Mohammad Ali Hosseini, spokesman of Iran's
> foreign ministry, as saying, according to the Associated Press.
>
>
>

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