OP-ED: Bunkers or Breakthrough?, By ROGER COHEN, New York Times, November 5, 2009
Honestly, I see Cohen's angst here as completely misplaced. Normalization with Iran is not contingent on precluding Iran's nuclear achievement. Hell, NorKo made it happen and THEN we offered them a peace treaty!
The best route forward, as I have long argued, is simply to de-prioritize the nuke question. If the Iranian protesters want Obama's embrace, then I say, give it to them. If it pisses off Tehran WRT to the nuclear talks, then--quite frankly--nothing is lost.
As for getting jacked about ElBaradei leaving his post, I am completely unsympathetic. Guy never accomplished anything anyway, as he admits. Get somebody else from central casting.
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Iranian Nukes - accept it and move on.
Posted by David Sutton
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November 8, 2009 7:01 PM