This from the national review:
Biden and Larijani to Meet in Munich? [Michael Rubin]
So the Iranian press yesterday speculated . . .
Munich? Could the Obama administration be that foolish?
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Only failure will convince them
Posted: January 28, 2009 by datechguy in Blame Bush, opinion/newsTags: iran, Israel, obama, reality, still angry left, War on Terror
You might think that I’m outraged over President Obama’s letter to the president of Iran.
You would be wrong.
Do I think it will help? Likely not. Do I think the Iranians will use it as a propaganda tool? Likely they will. Do I think that Iran will use this to demand concessions from us? Sure. Do I think that they will use any contacts to stall us while they build their bomb? Without question.
Then why no outrage?
Listen if anyone at all thinks that the president was going to take strong decisive action to take out the Iranian nuclear facilities you have been smoking something, in fact his actions suggest he won’t even support democratic movements in Iran. This is not even slightly a surprise and I don’t get outraged over stuff I already know.
Bush Derangement Syndrome means that the only way we can convince our liberal friends that this stuff won’t work is to let it be tried and fail. It still won’t convince some of them, in fact some may actually want Iran to have the bomb, but it will convince some and until reasonable people on the left get a chance to try things their way they won’t consider the alternative.
And hey anything is possible, maybe it works out.
I’m counting on Israel on this one. They know what is coming down the pike and they aren’t going to consent to become a glowing spot on the Mediterranean Sea just to make the rest of the world happy.
Hey we had an election, you pays your money and you takes your chances.
The Logical Counter move by Iran
Posted: January 8, 2009 by datechguy in warTags: iran, War on Terror
Reports this morning of Rockets coming from Lebanon into Israel were only surprising in the sense that it took so long for Iran to open the 2nd front.
However Hamas is denying that they have anything to do with it, the “Government” of Lebanon has condemned it and Hizbullah denies that it has anything to do with it.
I’m not sure I buy it, very little happens in Lebanon without the consent of Hizbullah/Syria/Iran. It could be a sip of coffee to see what Israel will do. They may be allowing it on the condition that they have plausible deniability.
I still maintain it is the logical counter move, particularly with Hamas getting handed its rear in the south. There is no way that Hamas can give in without losing face, a 2nd front would allow them to try to get additional concessions from Israel to save face.
I have no idea what is going to happen next.
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