By HAMZA HENDAWI, Associated Press Writer Mon Jul 23, 4:35 PM ET
<<BAGHDAD - The United States said ambassador-level talks with Iran in Baghdad on Tuesday will focus solely on the situation in Iraq despite rising tensions over American-Iranians detained by Tehran and Iranians held in U.S. custody in Iraq.
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<<"This is an opportunity for direct engagement on issues solely related to Iraq," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters in Washington on Monday. "We are going to raise the need for Iran to match its actions with its words in seeking strategic stability in Iraq."
<<McCormack said Iran has not taken any steps to help bring about a stable Iraq, a goal he said Iran professes to share with the United States.
<<"We'll see, if, as a result of these engagements, they will change their behavior.">>
Isn't this hilarious? The U.S. finally abandons its 17-year refusal to talk directly with the Iranians, charter members of the "Axis of Evil," but when it does break down, after bogging down in Iraq, and consent to talk to the Iranians, the issue is whether IRAN is going to modify ITS behaviour.
Dream on, loser.
