Obama to create Iran outreach post
Washington Times
and FOX News
The incoming Obama administration plans to create a new position to coordinate outreach to Iran and is considering a number of senior career diplomats, State Department officials and Iran specialists say.
President-elect Barack Obama promised during his campaign to seek dialogue with Iran without preconditions in an effort to persuade Tehran to suspend its uranium enrichment program, but also has pledged to toughen sanctions.
A State Department official said the idea of naming a senior Iranian outreach coordinator was broached in the first transition meetings with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Mr. Obama’s choice for secretary of state, and her transition team earlier this month.
“The idea is that the position should build on the existing diplomatic framework,” the official said. He asked not to be named because a nominee has not been announced.
A spokeswoman for Mrs. Clinton declined to comment for this article. Brooke Anderson, a spokeswoman for the transition, also would not comment.
However, several Iran specialists said such a position was in the works.
“There is every indication that they are seriously considering going this way,” said Patrick Clawson, deputy director for research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a group that has warned of the dangers of Iranian proliferation.
Trita Parsi, president of the National Iranian American Council, an organization that supports U.S.-Iran dialogue, said that a special envoy position for Iran is planned.
The current administration has refused to negotiate with Iran unless Tehran first suspends its uranium enrichment program. However, in July, Undersecretary of State William Burns attended a meeting in Geneva with an Iranian nuclear negotiator along with senior diplomats from the other four permanent members of the U.N. Security Council – Britain, France, China and Russia – plus Germany.
Wild Thing’s comment………
Never heard the term “outreach” used in conjunction with those that have national holidays celebrating death to Israel, death to America! Hey Obama this is not the same thing as your community organizing and outreach programs in Chicago.
Wrong move, unfortunately it won’t be anal sphincters like Obama and those surrounding him that suffer, it will be the ordinary American and the lonely trooper sent to repair the damage this idiot will wreak. He’ll kiss up to them then step back in narcissistic wonder as to why they don’t revere him as one of them as their messiah too.
Heh?
“The idea is that the position should build on the existing diplomatic framework,” the official said. He asked not to be named because a nominee has not been announced.” Me thinks the nominee is Jimmy Carter or Bill Clinton.
You don’t and can’t reason with terrorists! This is very scary stuff. It also proves one thing–Obamanation is scared shitless of the Iranians and is hoping that this will tide them over until another President takes over, just so he looks good.
He’s driving me up the wall! He’s a pansy. And I just love how the media is playing him like he’s such a good daddy by taking his girls to see Shrek on Broadway. And why is Oprah buying a house in DC near the White House? Are she and Obamanation having an affair? And Bettie Curry is answering the phones and looking the other way?
The nation doesn’t need a good daddy–we need a good man. There is a difference and a good man doesn’t negotiate with those who intend to kill us.
Maybe Obama can send his “Alpha-Omega” drill team to Iran as a goodwill gesture.
The Iranian Revolution flowered because of Jimmy Carter’s ineptness. I bet the Iranians are looking at Obama gleefully as Carter II.
Well, let’s see. Who has this kind of experience, reaching out to our enemies. I’d bet both Johns (Kerry and McCain) are under consideration. Don’t throw any shoes at me now.
There is an excellent editorial in today’s Wall Street Journal on the threat of a nuclear Iran and it’s implications throughout the Middle East and rest of the world.
A Middle East Arms Race
The Arabs respond to the likelihood of the Iranian bomb.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122973267337523001.html
“Hosni Mubarak is no one’s idea of a visionary, but in sensing the Middle East’s political winds he has few equals. So when Egypt’s president-for-life warned his ruling party last week that “the Persians are trying to devour the Arab states,” it’s worth paying attention.”
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“As for Barack Obama’s promise of “tough diplomacy,” we suspect the Arab states take him about as seriously as they would a tourist who thinks he knows how to bargain at an oriental bazaar.”
Obama was alive in 1979 when the Iraniacs held our 64 embassy hostages captive in darkness for 444 days… And Madinthehead Ahmadinejad was one of the captors!
Just what we need is an Ombudsman to Iran. That will straighten ’em out. So obama can keep an eye on them. Hobama can’t keep an eye on the crooks he hires, but he will appoint some Yeyhoo to keep tabs on Iran. That should work as well as the UN inspectors did in Iraq.
The only outreach that will be effective is a strong arm and a large hand around this rats neck.
Jack, oh yikes…… you could be right and it will be the traitor peanut brain Jimmy Carter. Maybe Bill Clinton but I bet Carter would love this kind of job.
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Lynn, thanks for mentioning all of these things. I agree Lynn, all these things added in to everything else, he hits my last nerve.
“And I just love how the media is playing him like he’s such a good daddy by taking his girls to see Shrek on Broadway. And why is Oprah buying a house in DC near the White House? Are she and Obamanation having an affair? And Bettie Curry is answering the phones and looking the other way?”
Tom, oh yesssss great idea.
Horace, good one too. Kerry loves the enemy, just like he did long ago. McCain said the first thing he would do as President would be to close GITMO. So I say yes to either of your ideas they are both suited to not being 100 percent for our country they can go there and stay there.
Les thanks for the information and the link.
This sure says a lot.
“As for Barack Obama’s promise of “tough diplomacy,” we suspect the Arab states take him about as seriously as they would a tourist who thinks he knows how to bargain at an oriental bazaar.”
Darth, yes he sure was, and not even a little boy, Obama was 17 or 19 years old back then. Thanks for pointing that out.
Mark, good comparison. Yes those guys, the UN inspectors to Iraq did nothing, made no difference and waisted their time, our time and money going back and forth a gazillion times.
Bob A., Yesss I agree!!
Somebody should e-mail this link below to Obama to show him what he is up against. Ahmadinejad’s world view is TOTALLY alien to a western leader. Obama is a fool if he thinks he can reason with these people. You don’t ‘reason’ with people like this….you carry a BIG hammer and threaten to use it if they don’t comply!
http://www.matthiaskuentzel.de/contents/ahmadinejads-world