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| Syria-Lebanon-Iran |
| The Next Steps With Iran |
| 2006-07-31 |
| Negotiations Must Go Beyond the Nuclear Threat to Broader Issues By Henry A. Kissinger The world's attention is focused on the fighting in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, but the context leads inevitably back to Iran. Unfortunately, the diplomacy dealing with that issue is constantly outstripped by events. While explosives are raining on Lebanese and Israeli towns and Israel reclaims portions of Gaza, the proposal to Iran in May by the so-called Six (the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China) for negotiations on its nuclear weapons program still awaits an answer. It's possible that Tehran reads the almost pleading tone of some communications addressed to it as a sign of weakness and irresolution. Or perhaps the violence in Lebanon has produced second thoughts among the mullahs about the risks of courting and triggering crisis. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #4 And then what? There was still a Soviet Union then and defeating them was more important at that time. Now that they're gone, everybody's got more latitude, especially Hezb'Allah. So now we need to respond. Exactly. Sometimes, you have no choice but to deal with one menace at time. We had to ally with Stalin to beat Hitler, and we allied with Mao to defeat the USSR. Sometimes the only reward for successfully dealing with one menace is to have the opportunity to deal with a new one. Of course this all points to another moonbat contradiction. The same people who are urging us to "reach out" and be multilateralist also like to moan and groan about "blowback". Never mind that the "blowback" was the result of previous "multilateralism". Never mind that present day "multilateralism" could lead to future "blowback". |
| Posted by: charger 2006-07-31 15:00 |
| #3 And then what? There was still a Soviet Union then and defeating them was more important at that time. Now that they're gone, everybody's got more latitude, especially Hezb'Allah. So now we need to respond. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-07-31 10:42 |
| #2 I liked Reagan too. However, I wish he had responded to the Marine barracks bombing hard. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2006-07-31 10:32 |
| #1 This HK article takes me back to the Nixon administration, where nobody accused the President of "irresolution." The Carter years had Cubans fighting in Africa. Then the Reagan Presidency yielded 8 good years. Wish he was still here. |
| Posted by: Snease Shaiting3550 2006-07-31 08:05 |