“INSINCERE??????????? Did the author just step off the plane with Neville Chamberlain in 1938??? Where do statements like this come from? Is it innate naivete or just plain stupidity? “
The author is probably the most knowledgeable person currently writing on Iran & foreign policy.
Knowing that, you need to read the sentence differently...he is saying that the Administration & the State Dept are being naive or stupid, because obviously, the Iranians involved ARE insincere.
OK, perhaps I misread the comments. Even using the word insincere is rediculous. The Iranians are the most dangerous regime on the planet, ok, besides N. Korea. Thanks.