It never stops with this boob...
The former American president, Jimmy Carter, has said that the United States should begin talks with Iran without preconditions. Mr Carter believes prerequisites could present the Iranian Government with too great an impediment to overcome. His comments are significant, given that he was the president when US relations with Iran hit an all-time low.
Oh, boy. Guess we'd better pay attention then...
| Remind us all why that was ... |
He witnessed the Iranian revolution and the seizure of the American Embassy in Tehran in 1979.
He witnessed a lotta stuff. He just never stopped any of it.
| He's a real expert in being buffaloed by the Ayatollahs. |
He struggled for 444 days to release the US Embassy staff held hostage. A failed rescue attempt led by the US military brought about the resignation of his secretary of state. It was the crisis that has scarred relations between the two countries ever since.
| No, it was our failure to stomp the bejeebus out of the 'students' that scarred relations. |
But Mr Carter thinks attempts to improve relations should have started long ago. And he believes that this administration's offer to sit down and talk on conditions that Iran gives up its uranium enrichment program may not be enough.
Why isn't this guy in a nursing home being spoon fed applesauce? |