Now we learn that the Bush Administration will attend talks with an Iranian nuclear envoy. To be exact the Administration says “This is a one-time event and he will be there to listen, not negotiate,”. OK, whatever.
Talks are not a sign of weakness, communication is a tool of national security policy making that has been lacking across the Middle East in the last 8 years.
John McCain is now painted as more ideologically extreme than Bush when it comes to basic diplomatic communications. He can no longer posture that Senator Obama's willingness to talk to the Iranians is bad for security. Our campaign now has the leverage to paint John McCain as an ideologue, not a policymaker.
A future President Obama will formulate a coherent policy for the region using all of America's levers of strength.
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