March 5, 2008 at 08:37:16

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Is peace even on the agenda?

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Williams noted that Iran has previously been remarkably cooperative in both Afghanistan against the Taliban and in Iraq against Saddam Hussein, “and the United States at the time did not grasp those opportunities.”

Closer ties with Iran would be at odds with Washington’s policies toward Israel, Williams said, and blamed a stubborn inability to admit past mistakes for the continued standoff.

“There are elements in Washington that refuse to admit that they’ve been wrong, that they basically either were having illusions or pipe dreams about the whole Axis of Evil to begin with, and there’s this bedrock reluctance to engage sensibly with Iran.”

Williams was speaking on the eve of a Security Council meeting seeking to impose further sanctions on Iran over its nuclear activities, an event taking place at the time of writing this article.

“Sadly,” Williams said, “when you look at the resolutionary creep at the United Nations it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that some people in Washington still want to see a confrontation with Iran.”

Author's note: As this article was being submitted, the Security Council voted in favor of a third round of sanctions against Iran - notwithstanding receiving a positive report from the IAEA.

The passage of the resolution was described as "irrational" by Iran's ambassador to the United Nations.

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