{"id":12573,"date":"2008-06-22T14:30:17","date_gmt":"2008-06-22T20:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/proteinwisdom.com\/?p=12573"},"modified":"2008-06-22T14:30:17","modified_gmt":"2008-06-22T20:30:17","slug":"hopey-mcchangersons-unilateralist-cowboy-diplomacy-karl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proteinwisdom.com\/?p=12573","title":{"rendered":"Hopey McChangerson’s unilateralist cowboy diplomacy [Karl]"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Post’s<\/em> Glenn Kessler<\/a> reports that European officials are quietly starting to freak out over what\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0a Barack\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0Obama presidency –\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0and its promised direct, unconditional talks with Iran — would mean with respect to the Iranian nuclear threat:<\/p>\n

“Dropping a unanimous Security Council condition would simply be interpreted by Iran and America’s allies as unconditional surrender, and America’s friends would view this as confirmation of America’s basic unreliability,” said Fran\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a7ois Heisbourg, a Paris-based military analyst with the International Institute for Strategic Studies. “A hell of a way to start a presidential term.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

John Bolton<\/a> (and Regis) noted the irony of Obama’s unilateralism at the beginning of the month.\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0 Apparently, he’s not the only one.\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0 In assessing US reliability under a potential Obama administration, foreign officials also probably\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0notice his ongoing\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0flip-floppery<\/a> on international trade.\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

To be fair, Dennis Ross notes that Obama could use the threat of negotiations with Iran to get nations like Russia and China to support stronger measures if negotiations fail.\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0 On the other hand, we might discover — as Ross did with respect to the Palestinian Authority near the end of the Clinton Administration — that some are really not interested in solving a problem.\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0 If Russia, China and perhaps others\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0put their own relations with\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0Iran ahead of the nuclear threat, what would an Obama administration do?<\/p>\n

(h\/t HotAir<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Washington Post’s Glenn Kessler reports that European officials are quietly starting to freak out over what\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0a Barack\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0Obama presidency –\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0and its promised direct, unconditional talks with Iran — would mean with respect to the Iranian nuclear threat: “Dropping a unanimous Security Council condition would simply be interpreted by Iran and America’s allies as unconditional surrender, and America’s friends would view this as confirmation of America’s basic unreliability,” said Fran\u00c3\u0192\u00c2\u00a7ois Heisbourg,<\/p>\n

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