On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:10:21 -0600 Robert Naiman <[email protected]> wrote:
> That's not what people close to the Iranian government seem to think. > People close to the Iranian government seem to think that there is a > way out of the confrontation through negotiations. I'm sure there are plenty of differences within the Iranian government. And there are always people who believe you can solve things through negotiation, and who persist in believing that their interlocutors are basically reasonable people. The name Neville Chamberlain comes to mind. But when you're dealing with people who are not negotiating in good faith -- who are masking their real intentions under a bogus agenda, and who will never be satisfied -- then negotiations are not a way out. They are a trap. Of course I hope I don't have to underscore that as I see it, the bad-faith negotiators here are the US, and the Israelis lurking outside the door like a hired assassin who enjoys his work too much; not the Iranians. -- -- Michael J. Smith [email protected] http://stopmebeforeivoteagain.org http://fakesprogress.blogspot.com http://cars-suck.org _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
