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US rejects direct talks with Iran

The United States cannot control Iran if direct talks should, god forbid, lead to a settlement.

For the current "War on Terrorism" in Asia, a closer equivalent
to "Mein Kampf" is "The Grand Chessboard", by Zbigniew Brzezinski, former
National Security Advisor to President Carter (Basic Books, 1997). In it,
he claims that for the USA to fulfil its destiny of controlling the world,
it must control Central Asia. That region has huge reserves of oil and gas,
and in 1998 the oil company Unocal was lobbying the US government for
legislation to facilitate building a pipeline from Central Asia through
Afghanistan to the Arabian Sea. Indeed, Brzezinski's book contains a map of projected pipelines, including the one through Afghanistan.

Iran rather than Iraq is the real prize. Iran is the main obstacle to US plans to develop international oil and gas projects in the Caspian or Central Asia.
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US rejects direct talks with Iran
May 5, 2006
Updated at 1250 PST
WASHINGTON: The White House again rejected the idea of one-on-one talks with Iran, saying that the dispute over Tehran's nuclear program is not bilateral, but one
that affects many countries.

"This is a threat posed to the region and to the world," White House spokesman Scott McClellan told reporters.

He added: "This is not a bilateral issue between the regime and the United States, this is an issue between the regime and the international community."

Iran and the United States have not had direct relations since 1980, which many experts say is a big factor in the current diplomatic impasse.

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