The Discerning Texan
All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing.
-- Edmund Burke
-- Edmund Burke
Tuesday, August 31, 2004
Kerry/Edwards Making Appeasement-like Overtures to Iran
Speaking of a Kerry Administration and foreign policy, Hugh Hewitt has this take on the latest Washington Post story about how Kerry/Edwards would deal with the world headquarters of state-sponsored Islamic terror, Iran. One gets the impression that the mullahs can only be emboldened by this story:
Are the mullahs laughing today?
John Kerry has sent John Edwards out to offer the Iranian rulers a "great deal," according to the Washington Post: They get to have reactors while others supply the fuel, but only if they promise not to produce bombs. And if they don't sign on to pretending not to build nukes? "Heavy sanctions." Really. Do you suppose the mullahs are more intimidated by the prospect of Kerry-Edwards or of Bush-Cheney? Here are a couple of key graphs:
"Iran has insisted that it be allowed to produce nuclear fuel, which would give it access to weapons-grade material. Under Kerry's proposal, the Iranian fuel supply would be supervised and provided by other countries."
"Experts on Iran have long speculated that some sort of 'grand bargain' that would cover the nuclear programs, a lifting of sanctions and renewed relations with the United States would help solve the impasse between the two countries. But campaign aides later said Edwards was not suggesting an agreement that covered more than the nuclear programs. In the December speech, Kerry criticized Bush for failing to 'conduct a realistic, nonconfrontational policy with Iran.'"
"Experts?" Which experts? Madeline Albright and Sandy Berger?
Ooooh, I'll bet they are shaking in their boots over there in Tehran...
Are the mullahs laughing today?
John Kerry has sent John Edwards out to offer the Iranian rulers a "great deal," according to the Washington Post: They get to have reactors while others supply the fuel, but only if they promise not to produce bombs. And if they don't sign on to pretending not to build nukes? "Heavy sanctions." Really. Do you suppose the mullahs are more intimidated by the prospect of Kerry-Edwards or of Bush-Cheney? Here are a couple of key graphs:
"Iran has insisted that it be allowed to produce nuclear fuel, which would give it access to weapons-grade material. Under Kerry's proposal, the Iranian fuel supply would be supervised and provided by other countries."
"Experts on Iran have long speculated that some sort of 'grand bargain' that would cover the nuclear programs, a lifting of sanctions and renewed relations with the United States would help solve the impasse between the two countries. But campaign aides later said Edwards was not suggesting an agreement that covered more than the nuclear programs. In the December speech, Kerry criticized Bush for failing to 'conduct a realistic, nonconfrontational policy with Iran.'"
"Experts?" Which experts? Madeline Albright and Sandy Berger?
Ooooh, I'll bet they are shaking in their boots over there in Tehran...
