Sitting Together

The USA will sit on the same table with Syria and Iran.

Can he be a friend?

Every time someone starts denying something aggressively, I take a hint that that something might happen. For example, I only knew that Washington was serious about attacking Iran when they started strongly denying such plans.

This is why Condy Rice’s affirmation to Jumblat that the US won’t abandon Lebanon, or Hisham Melhem’s reporting from Washington that there is no change in policy towards Damascus and Tehran are not exactly comforting.

I don’t know why The Washington Post is happy. After all, we are talking about Iran and Syria. Countries who are already busy celebrating a victory: The US has gone down to its knees. They will talk with us. Hoorraay, we can kill more people now.

But then again, the US is saving face with us. You see, America is not “talking” with Iran and Syria. It just happens to be present in the same regional conference with them. A conference which was organized by the government in Baghdad and has nothing to do with Washington, yeah right…

Let’s hope rice doesn’t “find herself” sitting next to Larigani and Moallem in a cheeky placing by a “well-intentioned” Iraqi government.

(Pssst, on a totally unrelated note, pro-engagement heavyweights -Kissinger, Baker, Negroponte- have all gathered on Tuesday night at the Library of Congress. Of course, it’s just a coincidence that James baker told the audience, “America must be prepared to talk to our enemies.” this definitely has nothing to do with the coming “sitting” with Syria and Iran)