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Iran and the last debate

By Hugh Hewitt
Published October 21, 2012 4:00am ET
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Iran and the last debate
In this photo released by an official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses a large group of Basij militia, during his tour in northeastern Iran, on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. Iranian officials have made no secret about their desire to reopen nuclear talks with the U.S. and other world powers as economic sanctions dig deeper _ with Iran's supreme leader even depicting his envoys as waiting at the negotiating table. Khamenei has said Iran will withstand the "conspiracies and tricks" of its foes, including sanctions and "talk of military aggression." But he also said Iran has never stepped away from the nuclear talks, which were last held in Moscow in June. (AP Photo/Office of the Supreme Leader) | AP

Iran’s reported willingness to engage in talks over its nuclear ambitions is exactly the sort of “breakthrough” that President Obama did not need on the eve of tonight’s last debate.

It is a “breakthrough” that underscores just how great a failure his policy vis-?-vis Iran has been for four long years.

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