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: Bench Memos - National Review OnlineDiplomacy and Iran
By Clifford D. May
The dictionary defines diplomacy as the 'art and practice of conducting negotiations,' but one incisive wag said diplomacy is really 'the art of saying ‘nice doggie' till you can find a rock.' So who has the stones required to stop Iran's rulers from acquiring the nuclear weapons they need, not for deterrence as their apologists claim, but to escalate their war against Israel, America, and the West?
The United States does, but President Obama is not eager to utilize them. That's understandable: Americans are war-weary. But if Iran's rulers do acquire nuclear weapons on Obama's watch, and if that leads to a 21st century that becomes bloodier than the 20th was, history will not judge him kindly.
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Full post as published by Bench Memos - National Review Online on March 29, 2012 (boomark / email).
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