THE credibility of a major security conference talking place in Bahrain has been thrown in doubt after Iranian officials pulled out at the last minute.
http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=202283&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=30263
One of the more interesting twists to this whole nuclear saga with the Seyyeds is what The Economist stated in its last paragraph when it states:
But to keep the world on side, America may have to show new flexibility. For example, while tightening sanctions, it could offer to talk to Iran about all aspects of their troubled relations, even before work at Natanz stopped. Iran might refuse. But that would at least make it clear which side was the spoiler.
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10251997
Now here is the first time, since the US decided to declare a slightly softer tone towards the Seyyeds, with the publication of the NIE report. AhMADinejad has welcomed the US's more positive outlook. So why don't the Seyyeds show up at the Manama Dialogue?
The reason I think is that they have no excuse to blame the US for anything now. The Seyyeds have had to rewrite the speech for Manama. All that anti-US stuff cannot work anymore.
