On Oct 2, 2007, at 10:12 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>> Iran is nothing if not flexible.
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>> Financial Times - October 1, 2007
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>> Iran 'ready to help' US with Iraq stability
>> By Roula Khalaf and Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran
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>> Iran is ready to help the US stabilise Iraq if Washington were to
>> present a timetable for withdrawing its troops from the country,
>> Tehran's top security official said yesterday.
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> Washington doesn't want any "help" of the kind Tehran offers
That's not really the point. The point is that Iran is not the principled anti-imperialist power that you get all misty-eyed about. (Oh! they're developing a fighter plane!! Jouissance!!!) Iran would be happy to cut a deal with the U.S., and it also wouldn't mind being a regional subimperialist power itself.