The Alger Hiss School of Diplomacy
A positive role, indeed, according to John Kerry.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/01/06/kerrys-open-door-to-iran-in-syria-peace-talks-riles-anti-assad-pro-israel/
Not that there isn't historical precedent for this kind of Pollyannish thinking.
1938 Munich
Here are Germany and Italy joining with Great Britain and France to play a positive role in the Sudentenland.
1938 Moscow: Molotov (l), Ribbentrop (c)
Here are the Soviet Union and Germany playing a positive role in Poland.
This is just the latest example of what a dangerously naive man Kerry is. If the Israelis allow him to steer them into a treaty with the Palestinians, they are nuts.
Take another look at the situation on the ground Gary. As ISIS (a Sunni bunch that hates Shia) takes center stage in Syria and Iraq, Iran becomes a natural ally of the United States. Who knows, Israel and Iran might even find their best interests are served by playing a positive role in suppressing the Muslim Brotherhood across the region.
ReplyDeleteRead Stilwell and the American Experience in China and you begin to realize how unlikely it was that we and the Brits could be on the same side in WW II, and how Chiang Kai Shek used the possibility that he would ally with Japan against the Eighth Route Army to manipulate his American "allies."
Stranger things have happened.
When Italy pulled out of its alliance with Germany, after dumping Mussolini, the allies dealt cheerfully with some very nasty characters -- who had used poison gas on tens of thousands of Ethiopians -- because it was expedient, not that our new Italian "allies" were worth much against the Germans who remained in place and kept fighting.
Well, Siarlys. It looks like we have already allied ourselves with Al Qaeda in Syria, so with this administration, anything is possible.
ReplyDeleteWhy Gary, what evidence have you of that?
ReplyDeleteAre we not sending them stuff?
ReplyDeleteal Qaeda? No, we are not.
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