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What we need to tell to Iran - -

By David Ignatius

What We Need to Tell Iran

Friday, May 19, 2006

How do you answer a letter from an Iranian president that catalogues the perfidies of U.S. policy and then sweetly asks America to "return to the teachings of the prophets"? So far President Bush's answer has been silence. He has let Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's letter sit in the in-box while his administration concentrates on its cautious diplomatic campaign against Tehran.

I think American silence is a mistake. One rule of modern media politics is that you never let the other guy's statement go unanswered. The Iranian president's May 8 letter wasn't an attempt to open a private channel but a public gesture to show the world that he's not afraid of contact. President Bush should respond in kind. The Iranian president has opened a canopy for a conversation between the Iranian and American people. Taking advantage of it seems like a no-brainer.

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