They've insisted that all previous discussions on their nuclear program are moot, and that they will continue to work towards "peaceful" (read that "jihadi") uses of nuclear material.

In a sign that Iran has hardened its position on its nuclear program, its new nuclear negotiator said in talks in London on Friday that all proposals made in past negotiations were irrelevant and that further discussion of a curb on IranÂ’s uranium enrichment was unnecessary, senior officials briefed on the meeting said.

The Iranian official, Saeed Jalili, also told Javier Solana, who represented the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany in the five-hour talks, that United Nations Security Council resolutions punishing Iran for not suspending its enriched uranium activities were illegal, the officials said.

Representatives of the six countries met in Paris on Saturday afternoon to discuss further punitive Security Council measures against Iran after the final talks in London failed to produce a breakthrough.

So, bombing Iran may yet be the only way to avoid nuclear war. Will Bush have to do it? Or will any Democrat have the balls to do so (and that includes Hillary, who has a pair bigger than any of her male counterparts, which isn't saying much in today's wussified Democrat party)?

But I can't help but note what may be the funniest line in an otherwise serious news story.

The first hour and a half of the meeting on Friday was described as a monologue, with Mr. Jalili speaking about the will of the Iranian people to support uranium enrichment, theology, God, even his doctoral thesis, according to several officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity under normal diplomatic rules.

Looks like Mahmoud the mad has found his perfect counterpart for these non-negotiations.

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