Five former U.S. state secretaries urge Iran talks

[pic] From left to right: Madeleine Albright, Colin Powell, James Baker, Warren Christopher, & Henry Kissinger

Five former U.S. secretaries of state said on Monday the next American administration should talk to Iran, a foe President George W. Bush has generally shunned as part of an “axis of evil.”

Engaging Iran is important because Washington’s military options against Tehran are unsatisfactory, said the diplomats, who worked for Republican and Democratic administrations.

Dealing with Iran has become an issue in the November U.S. presidential election campaign, with Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain sparring over Obama’s stated readiness to talk to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and other U.S. adversaries if elected president.

McCain has criticized Obama’s stand, saying it shows naivete and inexperience.

The one that should have the most anxiety about these opinions is Israel who’s been mulling a preventive strike against Iran for months.  Israel can’t make the decision to strike Iran alone as made clear by their aid package request from the United States.

The Israeli talkback on Ynet says it all.

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