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Posted on 12/26/2009 4:28:08 AM PST by reaganaut1
John Kerry lost the Secretary of State sweepstakes to Hillary Clinton, but that hasn't lowered his diplomatic ambitions. The Journal reported Thursday that the Senate Foreign Relations Chairman is mulling a trip to Iran, and with the blessing of the Obama Administration.
If the mullahs had any sense, they'd send him a government plane. Beset by almost daily demonstrations by a democratic opposition that has been growing despite beatings and arrests since the stolen June election, Mr. Kerry would arrive from Washington to show the Iranian people that at least someone still favors the regime. He would be the most senior American to visit Tehran in 30 years and his trip would convey legitimacy that the dictatorship is especially eager to have at the current moment.
The Kerry mission would also look like a panicky effort to persuade the Ayatollah Ali Khamanei to accept the increasingly plaintive U.S. offers of engagement. Mr. Obama has set the end of this month as his latest deadline for progress on nuclear talks before he says he'll seek tougher sanctions against Iran at the U.N.
But if a year of personal Presidential letters and Administration entreaties hasn't worked, why would a Senatorial trip? The regime would probably exploit the visit for its own domestic purposes, perhaps adding to its P.R. coup by releasing to Mr. Kerry the three hapless American hikers it has promised to put on trial for having "suspicious aims" as they wandered across the border with Iraq.
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How do you say, “Why the long face” in Farsi ?
John Kerry- some selected, informative links...Click the picture:
He had “diplomatic ambitions” of going a couple yrs ago and chickened out.
He’s an idiot and will only make matters worse.
Maybe he’s hoping for another medal
444 days of senatorial leave would be great.
Wonder what Hillary thinks of this mulling business
Kerry ought to borrow Nacy Pelosi’s scarf for the trip.
Any chance of getting the mullah’s to keep him? Couldn’t ask for more. WADDAPUTZ!!
Hope they use old long face for target practice
Sending this nitwit Kerry to Iran for “discussions” with the mullahs, reminds me of the scene in Braveheart when Longshanks states his reluctance to send his “delicate” son to meet with William Wallace... this will only serve to encourage them further.
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Beautiful... Somebody on the WSJ's editorial page staff has perfected the "velvet glove/iron fist" style of writing...
And I can't wait to see the headline in the Iranian newspaper:
"The Great Satan Pays a Visit to Iran."
The DOS needs to be shut down for serious, slimming operations.
Since Barry has offered to meet with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with “no precondition”, can someone convince the Iranian leadership that they should invite Barry over as long as he brings his passport that he used to travel to Pakistan as a youth, his financial documents for college and grad school, the long-form-vault-copy of his burf records, and his selective service documents - make them all public - then we’ll talk?
And wear his CIA hat.
Go Johnny go. If he could wait until next fall it would be even better.
I think this is a great idea for Kerry to go. Heck, I’ll even throw in some money to pay for the one-way plane ticket.
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