I wonder what Bush is going to think of this. Iran, Iraq, and Syria meeting to try and blunt the violence in Iraq.

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has accepted the invitation and will fly to the Iranian capital Saturday, a close parliamentary associate said.

The Iranian diplomatic gambit appeared designed to upstage expected moves from Washington to include Syria and Iran in a wider regional effort to clamp off violence in Iraq, where more civilians have been killed in the first 20 days of November than in any other month since the AP began tallying the figures in April 2005.

I have to ask: how can the US possibly justify sudden diplomatic talks with Iran and Syria when you’ve got Bush saying things like he’d understand if Israel wanted to attack Iran?

Bush also said that if such an attack were to take place, he would understand it. According to European diplomats who later met with Rice, the secretary of state did not express the same willingness to show understanding for a possible Israeli strike against Iran.

Nonetheless, Rice did not discount the possibility that such an operation may take place.

This is why we have such a hard time gaining any credibility when it comes to our desire for peace. Our president is saying out of one side of his mouth that diplomacy and having a peaceful summit is important, then out of the other side saying that Iran is part of the Axis of Evil and it’s okay if Israel attacks.

Regardless, this is a crucial meeting. Iran and Syria have a huge role in the stability of the region (don’t forget that Saddam’s placement was intended to off-set Iran). I don’t really care how this meeting happens, I just want to see a resolution.