Wednesday, July 23, 2008

What's behind the apparent change of U.S. strategy on Iran?

President Bush has likened direct diplomatic engagement with Iran to appeasement of Hitler.

Yet, while Israel continues to prod the U.S. to attack Iran, Washington has sent a top US diplomat to meet Iran's nuclear negotiators. There is also talk of an American diplomatic representation in Tehran.

What is behind this apparent change of strategy?

Watch Robert Baer — former Middle East specialist with the CIA — in a BBC HARDtalk interview with Stephen Sackur.

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