Hmm this is a very shrewd move by Ahmadinejad to buy Iran more time to get the enrichment process done. This dials down the pressure and makes him look like the peacemaker and puts Bush in the position of the olive branch breaker.
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki delivered the Ahmadinejad letter to the Swiss ambassador on Monday, ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told The Associated Press. The Swiss Embassy in Tehran houses a U.S. interests section.
In the letter, Ahmadinejad proposes "new solutions for getting out of international problems and the current fragile situation of the world," spokesman Gholam-Hossein Elham told a news conference.
Now Bush needs to counter with an offer to sell the Iranians some light water nuclear power reactors in return for them getting rid of their program. In other words give them the same deal as the North Koreans but make sure the IAEA does their job this time. We would have to augment inspections or put automatic sanctions in place. So if the Iranians have a secret program and it is found out then military strikes/sanctions will be issued ASAP. In other words Bush needs to handle Iran like Libya. They play nice and they will get a carrot.
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