Thursday, December 25, 2008
About those talks without preconditions...
You know that idea about having talks with Iran without "preconditions"? Well, there is one condition we really ought to insist upon:
BBC Persian service has reported a speech by General Mohammad-Ali Ja'fari, chief of the Revolutionary Guards, who had a speech in the former U.S. embassy in Tehran spoke about how it might be necessary for paramilitary and revolutionary students to once again take foreign diplomats hostage. In such a situation, he said, the IRGC would support the hostage-takers.
Thanks for the warning.
2 Comments:
By 
Gary Rosen, at
Fri Dec 26, 02:02:00 AM:
I'm sure BO will charm them out of this, especially once they get a load of his abs.
By The Warpiper, at
Fri Dec 26, 08:53:00 AM:
What about HRC being at State? Now there's an interesting dynamic, knowing how opposed she is to talking to Iran without preconditions. If BO stays his original course, he will have to overrule both her and other notable cabinet members on the issue. Plus, BO will need the State engine to make any talks with Iran happen. When those talks fail to produce anything productive, will HRC and the rest say "I told you so?"
