Now that Obama has claimed he wasn’t talking about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad when he said he’d meet with Iranian leadership (even though he was), it’s time to take this political brouhaha to the next level. Rove advises, “If Mr. Obama believes he can change the behavior of these nations by meeting without preconditions, he owes it to the voters to explain, in specific terms, what he can say that will lead these states to abandon their hostility.” As of now, it remains unclear what Obama could possibly say to bridge the ideological divide between Iran and the United States. That is, unless he is willing to toss one of our current allies overboard. Israel is out of the question, so what does Obama’s secret plan to appease Iran entail? Assuming he isn’t just making this up as he goes along, I would guess it might involve more tough talk against Pakistan, a Sunni-dominated country in the region that already possesses nuclear weapons. Obama has previously threatened Pakistan with invasion even though the country has been a critical ally in the war on terror. Selling out a reliable friend in the region might not be so far-fetched after all.
