Love Notes From Iran

Iran today sent a letter to President Bush (apparently, all email being sent to the White House from Iran is being forwarded to president Bush's trash folder) in hopes of trying to difuse a very tense situation, as well as to try and open the lines of communication between the countries - lines that have been formally closed for the last 27 years.

The White House quickly responded saying that the letter failed to address any concerns about Iran's attempts to develop nuclear weapons. Of course, the actual contents of the letter haven't been publicly released so there's no way for the American public to really know what the letter said. For all we know, the letter could be offering complete disclosure of all of Iran's Nuclear Program and this 'conflict' could be over. I digress.

It's really interesting that Iran went to all the trouble of sending a note. For one thing, it means they may be semi-interested in trying to get this little tiff resolved. But why would the Bush administration summarily rebuff such an attempt, when Iran has clearly shown interest in at least talking about the issue?

Frankly speaking, unless a miracle occurs in the next 7 months, I really think we're soon going to be much involved in an armed conflict involving Iran. Bush and Co. enjoy moving the military at their whim too much to pass up another opportunity to bomb the holy hell out another country in the mid East. And let's face it, Bush understands that if he starts bombing another member of OPEC, his retirement account only grows bigger. It would be dumb of him not to do it.