Appeasement for Obama to talk to Ahmadinejad? Not at all …
Die Presse, Austria
Accusations of Appeasement
Against Obama 'Unfounded'
"In 1972, Richard Nixon flew to
Beijing and met with Chinese mass-murderer Mao Zedong … This is primarily election campaign rhetoric. A
normalization of U.S.-Iran relations could help prevent a nuclear arms race in
the Middle East and stabilize the region."
By Christian Ultsch
Translated By
Ulf Behncke
May 24, 2008
Austria
- Die Presse - Original Article (German)
Just
because people like Barack Obama would like to negotiate with Iran doesn't necessarily
mean they are naive.
In
1972, Richard Nixon flew to Beijing and met with Chinese mass-murderer Mao
Zedong; in 1985, Ronald Reagan sat down with the General Secretary the Soviet's
"evil empire," Mikhail Gorbachev at the table. Republican presidents
have met with their enemies time and again in recent history. Even George W.
Bush, who is often portrayed as narrow-minded and oversimplifying things as
black-and-white, has done so well negotiating with Libya that he has made
agreements with North Korea.
If
Democratic candidate Barack Obama is denigrated simply because he wants to talk
to the Iranian leadership, it is primarily election campaign rhetoric. A
normalization of U.S.-Iran relations could help prevent a nuclear arms race in
the Middle East and stabilize the region. Of course it would be naive to expect
miracles from such a dialogue. Talks can be abused to play for time. Conversely,
the hard-line approach has failed to deter the Mullah's from giving up their
nuclear ambitions.
Posted by WORLDMEETS.US
Those who negotiate with Iran
must not be accused of seeking to create a new version of the Munich Agreement 
.
The accusation of appeasement is unfounded. Churchill once said that: "An
appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last." But if
need be, the U.S. and Israel have a club in hand with which to hit the Iranian
crocodile over the head.
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[Posted by WORLDMEETS.US May
26, 1:10pm]
