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If all of the references to Iran were changed to US (and other appropriate changes) and then published in Tehran it would be considered a declaration of war and absolute perfidy.

How is it that such barking nonsense is rewarded by being printed on the front page of the WSJ rather than winning its author a long stay in a rubber room wearing tight pajamas ?

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed May 30th, 2007 at 09:39:27 AM EST
Like everything, even American foreign policy is about domestic politics. This is a battle for Georgie's Ear.

It occurs to me that while Rice and the real diplomats have been trying to work in the interests of the United States by talking to the "enemy", Darth Cheney is back to doing what he does best, behind-the-scenes assassination politics orchestrating the "The Empire Strikes Back". This undoubtedly commissioned anti-Assisi message "Where there is vision, discord. Where there is hope, despair.etc" is just a pre-emptive strike to try to sabotage any form of agreement at a set of meetings he tried to prevent happening.

Strangely, the very desperation of it may be hopeful that Cheney is out of the loop on the Middle East at last.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed May 30th, 2007 at 09:55:30 AM EST
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It looks to me a lot like a "Cartago delenda est" cry. Just rhetorics so far, but with the first opportunity they will find it "only natural" to do.

Ironically, Iran can be considered as the most Democratic country in the region. At least they have an elected president and quite functioning social institutions. Though the economy is said to be stagnatic, isolated. Hopw they are supposed to hold on against threatening rhetorics?

by das monde on Wed May 30th, 2007 at 10:45:49 PM EST
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You know how Carthago delenda est enden, right? Carthage was burnt to the ground and the ground sown with salt so nothing would ever grow there again.

Can the last politician to go out the revolving door please turn the lights off?
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu May 31st, 2007 at 01:45:48 AM EST
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