Posted on 10/27/2009 5:26:38 AM PDT by captjanaway
Obamas week finished with a soft power slump. The U.S. had high hopes for two meetings with Iranian officials on their suspect nuclear programs.
Early in the week the administration prematurely and foolishly started crowing that the Iranians were willing to negotiate. Soft power, they proclaim, had triumphed. A Washington Post article described the deal as providing a major boost for the Obama administration in engaging with the Islamist government in Tehran.
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Is it a requirement that the people who “negotiate” with Iran must be naive to the point of absolute stupidity? Do they enjoy getting played in front of the whole world? Iran must be ROFLOL.
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