Don't Let the Mullahs Run Out the Clock

The idea of direct and transparent negotiations with the Iranians is not wrong in principle, but it depends on which Iranians are the actual or potential partners. The president can address the Iranian people directly if he chooses, from the podium of the United Nations (as I urged Bush to do). He can tell them that just as the United States can and will help them to build civilian nuclear reactors, so it will not stand still and watch all Iran's ... Full Story »

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by Derek Hawkins - Feb. 17, 2009

There are bound to be those who'll rate this down simply because it's a foreign policy piece by Chris Hitchens, formerly a hawkish supporter of the Iraq War. His previous positions aside, this contains well reasoned calls for being strict but diplomatic with the Iranian government. He takes Barack Obama to task on this, what he clearly believes is one of the most pressing foreign policy challenges his administration will face.

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