Who was it said Iran would never lift a finger?

SusanUnPC at No Quarter

BBC News, "Iran 'will help US to leave Iraq'," December 9, 2006:

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has said Tehran is willing to help the US withdraw from Iraq.

But he added that Iran would only assist if the Americans changed their attitude towards Tehran.

The BBC's Frances Harrison in Tehran says Mr Mottaki did not spell out the change of attitude required. ... she adds that Iran probably wants the US to drop its insistence that it freeze its nuclear programme before any kind of talks.

So the U.S. should put the nuclear issue on the back burner? As substitute host Mike Barnicle said on MSNBC's Hardball Thursday:

[I]t is highly unlikely that by late tomorrow afternoon Iran will have a nuclear weapon, and yet it is highly likely, sadly, that by tomorrow afternoon, another United States Marine will be killed or a soldier will be killed in Iraq. So what is wrong with talking with Iran?

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