Will Grigg's Liberty Minute

October 24, 2007

In April 2003, State Department official Hillary Mann received a detailed four-page fax from the Iranian government. The document, recounts the current issue of Vanity Fair magazine, contained ?a detailed proposal for peace in the Middle East, approved at the highest levels in Tehran.?

The Iranians offered to recognize Israel, cut off all support for the terrorist groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad, banish or imprison all international terrorists residing in Iran, and to end its nuclear program. The messaged urged Washington to re-open formal diplomatic channels that have been closed for decades.

The Bush administration refused even to acknowledge the overture from Tehran. Former National Security Council official Flint Leverett protested that the rejection would mean ?an Iran that has nuclear weapons and no dialogue with the United States.?

Our Founders understood that the purpose of diplomacy is to protect our independence and security through means other that war. In contrast, the Bush administration seems to believe that creating pretexts for war is the highest form of diplomacy.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.