Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Sullivan Waffles! Take Iran Recognition One Day at a Time

In response to the Stephen Walt's realist critique of Andrew Sullivan's call for No Recognition of Ahmadinejad, Sully now says, well, that's just for today. We'll see how we feel about this tomorrow:
My point was about not recognizing now. As to the future, we have to see what it brings. A day is a long time right now in Iranian politics. So let's take this one day at a time for now.
Now doesn't that just prove my point from this morning! "Sullivan's all messed up! Who knows what position he's advocating from moment to moment?"

See also,on Sullivan, "Obama: "Diplomacy With Iran Without Preconditions," and

on Walt, "That 3:00am Phone Call for Mr. Obama.")

2 comments:

Mark Harvey said...

Just like a libtard to not let a good waffle go to waste, eh?

repsac3 said...

"Now doesn't that just prove my point from this morning!"

It does not, as my response to that earlier post points out.

Why should any American, from Obama on down, offer Ahmadinejad any legitimacy by recognizing his right to be there--let alone meeting with him--until Iran (both its leaders, and its people) recognize him as the legitimate, elected leader?

Sullivan's position pretty obviouly always was (and remains) "just for today," or--until this thing is settled over there. Not recognizing Ahmadinejad (or Moussavi) until Iran recognizes one of them, has nothing whatsoever to do with potentially meeting with the leaders of certain countries, with or without preconditions.