Selig Harrison writes a column that ran in the current Newsweek (the Obama campaign's house organ) that channels the views of the Iranian regime about the preconditions they would demand of President Obama should he wish to negotiate with Iran. These include: America should end its hostile actions towards Iran; Set a firm timetable for withdraw of all US combat forces in IRAQ; Should halt all ongoing CIA efforts to overthrow the Islamic Republic Release Iranian assets frozen in US banks since the 1979 hostage crisis; End banking sanctions and resume sales of civilian aircraftHarrison adds a few suggestions of his own:Obama will be in a strong bargaining position if he sticks to his pledge to withdraw U.S. combat troops from Iraq over 16 months and also removes U.S. bombers from air bases there. In return, he could demand that Iran prevent the Iraqi Shiite militias it supports from harassing U.S. forces during the pullout, and help in rooting out Al Qaeda...(Read Full Post)