And surprise, the Bush-Rice response is to give them the head-shake while still begging to have them over for lunch to talk about how to save Iraq.
I’ll have the direct link when I get back, but here’s a snippet. Ridiculous.
Detention Threatens U.S.-Iran Relations
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s confirmation Sunday that it has detained a fourth
Iranian-American _ this one a peace activist from California _ seems certain to
further rile relations between the two countries, already tense over Iran’s nuclear
program.The United States has criticized the detentions but Iran insists America has no
right to interfere.Mohammad Ali Hosseini, the spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry, confirmed at his
weekly news briefing that Iranian-American Ali Shakeri is being held…In an interview with The Associated Press this week, Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice said the detentions of the Iranian-Americans were unwarranted but would not
stop the United States from trying to engage Iran on other matters, including its
disputed nuclear program and alleged support of insurgents in Iraq.“We take seriously the holding of any American anywhere in the world where they are
being wrongly held and where they are being accused of things that clearly are
untrue,” Rice said. “It just shows again what kind of regime this is.”
Wow, that’ll get ’em shaking in their jackboots. And we thought it couldn’t get any worse than Carter.
Fox did a pretty poor job with your segment, this morning. Were they way short on time? It was almost like a headshake in itself — they took the “teeth” out. Glad you got the last word, though. As if… J
ps — Bob remains a clueless wuss. Guess his velcro wore out, too.