o the idea that the best hope of a breakthrough may lie in bilateral U.S.- Iranian talks -- perhaps even a summit meeting between President Obama and Ayatollah Khomeini. For such a summit to be successful the United States would have to change its approach. Iran’s supreme leader has made clear that Iran will not neg

o the idea that the best hope of a breakthrough may lie in bilateral U.S.- Iranian talks -- perhaps even a summit meeting between President Obama and Ayatollah Khomeini. For such a summit to be successful the United States would have to change its approach. Iran's supreme leader has made clear that Iran will not nego

eir traditional welcome, showering them with rice. But for a new Shi'ite militia calling itself Hizbollah - formed after the invasion and inspired by the Ayatollah Khomeini's revolution in Iran - our continuing military presence was anathema. In November 1983, Hizbollah signalled its intentions when a truck bomber drove in