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Oh the dilemmas of post-modern statecraft.
Second, the German quoted above, Haeckel, is a perfect example of everything that's wrong with contemporary "internationalism." He flounders about trying to decipher the Iranian "signals," examining the larger context and then the context still larger than that. He sends emails and makes phone calls trying to decode the subtleties. Haeckel and his associates throughout the diplomatic elite always try to make things more complicated than they are. Ahmadinejad has been very clear and honest and straightforward. He is nothing if not sincere. He has repeatedly answered the hapless German's question.
What to offer Ahmadinejad? It's simple: the Jews.
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"What to Offer Ahmadinejad?"
Oh the dilemmas of post-modern statecraft.
Two things. First, the Europeans feel helpless because they are helpless. They have allowed themselves to wither into this state of abject helplessness. To quote Robert Kagan, when you don't have a hammer, no problem looks like a nail.Mahmoud Ahmadinejad`s recent anti-Semitic remarks may have dealt a fatal blow to the already fragile negotiation process due to restart next week over Iran`s nuclear program, German experts have said.
'His comments throw a shadow over the whole negotiation process,' Erwin Haeckel, Iran expert at the German Council on Foreign Relations, a Berlin-based foreign policy think tank on Thursday told United Press International in a telephone interview. 'There is a
certain feeling of helplessness: What to do with Ahmadinejad, what to offer him?' (ht: Regime Change Iran)
Second, the German quoted above, Haeckel, is a perfect example of everything that's wrong with contemporary "internationalism." He flounders about trying to decipher the Iranian "signals," examining the larger context and then the context still larger than that. He sends emails and makes phone calls trying to decode the subtleties. Haeckel and his associates throughout the diplomatic elite always try to make things more complicated than they are. Ahmadinejad has been very clear and honest and straightforward. He is nothing if not sincere. He has repeatedly answered the hapless German's question.
What to offer Ahmadinejad? It's simple: the Jews.
- Iran Says Obama's Offer To Talk Shows Us Failure
For once, Ahmadinejad and I are in agreement. From Breitbart: US President Barack Obama's offer to talk to Iran shows that America's policy of "domination" has failed, the government spokesman said on Saturday."This request means Western ideology...
- Ahmadinejad Asks For Meeting With Pope
Is he planning on giving the West its last chance for conversion to Islam? From the Australian: IRAN'S President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has asked for an audience next week with Pope Benedict XVI which would be the first meeting between the two leaders,...
- Ahmadinejad Launches His Very Own Blog!
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has joined a burgeoning international community - by starting his own weblog! The launch of www.ahmadinejad.ir was reported on state TV, which urged users to send in messages to the president. Ahmadinejad's first...
- The Vienna Waltz
The Germans are being courted by a new suitor, and his words are sweet music to their ears: BERLIN (Reuters) - Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told Germans they should no longer allow themselves to be held prisoner by a sense of guilt over the...
- Ahmadinejad Threatens Europe
Now, good ole' Mahmoud is threatening the Europeans; the only people left who really like him: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned Europe that it should support his country's nuclear program or "suffer the consequences." In an interview...