Poll Bush Cant Be Trusted On Iran Good

Juan Cole 04/13/2006

Poll: Bush Can’t be Trusted on Iran

The good news is that a majority of Americans does not trust George W. Bush to deal with Iran and its nuclear program. The bad news is that 2 in 5 Americans want to attack Iran if it continues its nuclear energy program.

Former Iranian president and current head of the Expediency Council, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani affirmed on Wednesday,

“We are not threatening anyone. Our (nuclear) capabilities will be at the service of peace and cooperation with others.”

He also said that a peaceful resoluiont of the crisis between the US and Iran is still a possibility.

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Distinguished University Professor in the History Department at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page