more on Iran

U.S., France Reject Iran Request for Talks
TEHRAN, Iran - The United States and France rejected Iran's request for more negotiations on the Islamic republic's nuclear program, with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice saying Wednesday "there's not much to talk about" after Iran resumed some atomic activities.

As European countries pushed ahead with efforts to have Iran brought before the U.N. Security Council for its nuclear activities, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused them of trying to deprive Iran of peaceful technology.

"We are asking they step down from their ivory towers and act with a little logic," Ahmadinejad said. "Who are you to deprive us from fulfilling our goals?

"You think you are the lord of the world and everybody should follow you. But that idea is a wrong idea."

Earlier, Iran's foreign minister said he did not believe the country would be referred to the Security Council, which has the power to impose economic and political sanctions. However, diplomats say the council is unlikely to take those actions since China and Russia, two veto-wielding members, oppose referral.

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I have often wondered why the US thinks that we should be able to dictate to every other country in the world what they can and cannot do.
For all his talk of "diplomacy" recently, bush seems very reluctant to actually engage in it!
And, isn't France a very unlikely ally? Will O'Reilly have to change his mind about them and call off his boycott?!