Thursday, March 29, 2007
"Britain and France had to choose between war and dishonor. They chose dishonor. They will have war.†-Winston Churchill
We'll see what the Democrats suggest.
This rather bold blog, which appears to have as its raison d'etre following the activities of the left wing National Council of Churches, has an entry taking on Associate General Secretary for Interfaith Relations Shanta Premawardhana who's made some pronouncements following a recent visit to Iran: Is Shanta Premawardhana genuine?
Taking hostages is a "dispute"? Why not call it what it is... an act of aggression.
But that's just semantics I guess. The actual content of the statement is much worse and, again, blames the U.S. because we don't have diplomatic relations with Iran...
...Shanta... since you supposedly developed such a great relationship with the theocrats in Iran, why not press the religious leaders to free the hostages?
You can't and you won't for two reasons:
1) Your trip was a waste of time and money. The good will that you claim was exchanged was a fallacy and you are a dupe. You put on a good show to make it look like the Iranian leaders are reasonable people and to make U.S. leaders look like idiots for not engaging in the same mindless discussion that you participated in. The Iranian leaders don't respect you or the NCC - you are simply a convenient prop in their charade...
Kumbaya won't work with these guys. They'll give you something because there's an angle in it for them, not because you glad handed them. The "NCC" blog makes a good point -- why not just ask the Iranians to release the hostages -- because clearly, when the answer that comes back is "no," it shows this sort of jet-set diplomacy and the people who practice it for what it and they are...a sham.
