Mohamed ElBaradei says risk of war because of "new crazies who say 'let's go and bomb Iran.' "

Rice Insists Cheney Supports Diplomacy for Iran
By Glenn Kessler
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, June 1, 2007; 12:12 PM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/01/AR2007060100969.html

MADRID, June 1 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday that Vice President Cheney fully supports a diplomatic course over Iran's nuclear program, denying impressions of divisions among President Bush's foreign-policy advisers.

"The president of the United States has made very clear what our policy is. That policy is supported by all of the members of his cabinet -- and by the vice president of the United States," Rice said at a news conference here after talks with Spanish officials. "The president has made clear that we are on a course that is a diplomatic course, but it is a diplomatic course backed up by disincentives for Iran to continue its activities."

Rice was responding to remarks made by Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency. ElBaradei told BBC Radio that the world risked a war in Iran because of "new crazies who say 'let's go and bomb Iran.' "

Asked who the "new crazies" were, ElBaradei replied: "Those who have extreme views and say the only solution is to impose your will by force."

Cheney, a major advocate of war with Iraq, is regarded as a hawk on Iran and recently made a tough speech denouncing the Islamic Republic from the deck of an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf. As secretary of state, Rice has had much more freedom in setting the diplomatic course than her predecessor, Colin L. Powell. But Iran has not responded positively to an offer she made a year ago to join negotiations on Iran's nuclear program, leading some conservatives to argue that her approach has only allowed Iran to gain nuclear expertise.

How is that for crazy? I guess I'm crazy, but it makes perfect since to me.