The Iranian Bomb: Where the Presidential Candidates Stand
That Barbara Ann doowop was the right answer. Unfortunately, when dealing with the smirking punks of Tehran, the most effective diplomatic response is an equal and opposite punkery – who You lookin at, Mahmud? Diplomacy cannot be effective if we insist on treating everyone as though they are decadent Swiss aristocrats, or something. And what is it with this insistence that we talk to Iran? Obviously we have been talking to Iran – we just refuse to give them the PR coup of formal talks at which we will be begging for their cooperation and they will smile and smirk and rail against imperialism, one way or another, and the Left will continue to refuse to admit that Iran is not their beloved Scarecrow, but a far worse version of the theocratic totalitarian fanatics whom they are allegedly so afraid of in the USA.
