Ahmadinejad’s Barter: Stop Insurgency Accusations in Return of Help in Iraq
September 12, 2007 by pulkit
Ahmadinejad told a British news channel that Iran will readily help the U.S in Iraq, if it stopped accusing Iran of backing insurgency in Iraq. Also, he said that Britain was “different” than the U.S, and British foreign policy was changing. He almost commended Britain for pulling out most of its troops out of Iraq.
He wasn’t forthcoming on the question of presidential-level talks with the U.S or, even, France, England or Germany. However, he is willing to work closely with Europe, as he believes Europe, having faced the scourge of two great wars, is peacefully disposed.
Apart from this, the rest was the humdrum, done-to-death nuclear solidarity and peace talk. He rebuffed claims that the Shiite militant groups active in Iraq were operating under support from Iran.
Ahmadinejad’s proposed barter is not something the U.S would settle for, as the glaring nakedness and abundance of evidence, pointing at Iran’s hand in insurgency in Iraq, can’t be overlooked.
“We are the country that gets damaged a lot by Iraq’s insecurity,” he said. “Our security depends on each other’s.” [source]
