The Discerning Texan
All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing.
-- Edmund Burke
-- Edmund Burke
Sunday, August 19, 2007
The Insanity of Negotiating with Iran
Michael Ledeen torches the straw dog of negotiating with Iran; when it comes to Iran negotiation is a recipe for disaster, not some kind of magic formula like the Left makes it out to be. The definition of insanity is taking the same action multiple times and expecting a different result; so what makes Clinton, Obama, Edwards--and the rest of the naive Democrats who think negotiating with Iran would yield results--sane?
For some time now, the chattering classes have debated whether the United States should negotiate with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Both sides have endowed the very act of negotiating with near-mythic power.Read the rest.
The advocates suggest that "good relations" may emerge, while opponents warn it is somehow playing into the mullahs' hands. Both seem to believe that the three recent talks in Baghdad are historically significant, since they are said to be a departure from past practice.
That claim is false. Every administration since Ayatollah Khomeini's seizure of power in 1979 has negotiated with the Iranians. Nothing positive has ever come of it, but most every president has come to believe that a "grand bargain" with Tehran can somehow be reached, if only we negotiate well enough.
Washington diplomats have steadfastly refused to see the Iranian regime for what it is: a relentless enemy that seeks to dominate or destroy us. This blindness afflicted the first American negotiators shortly after the 1979 revolution, and has been chronic ever since, even though Iran declared war on us in that year and has waged it ever since.
Labels: Appeasement, Democrat, Iran, Islamic Fascism
