American and Iranian leaders are talking a great deal about each other -- when they should be devoting far more attention to talking to each other. Both sides are throwing sharp verbal punches with increasing frequency...How erudite! How enlightened! How nuanced! We should just sit down and talk. We'll find out just how much we have in common. We'll find that we can come up with a win-win, synergistic scenario over coffee at Starbucks.
Perhaps we can start with blotting Israel out of existance. That's where the Iranians want to start. They said so. In so many words. After that we can all just drop dead. That seems to be Iran's second wish. With these as a starting point, I'm sure we can craft a compromise. Like maybe if we just kill half the Jews and enslave the rest. For #2 on their hit parade, maybe we could just convert to Islam. All of us. Including Mr. Hunter.
How about if we don't.
Not having smoked crack, I can't seem to make much sense out of Mr. Hunter's article. You're dealing with an intractable, sworn enemy who is bent on obtaining nuclear weapons and then using them on Israel and then on you. I do not inhabit the same reality as Mr. Hunter. We asked the Europeans to talk with the Iranians for the last few years. The result was more mania from Iran and closer nuclear war.
My favorite part of his post is how he considers the US and Iran equivalent. It's implicit, but it's there. If that's true, then it should be just as safe for him to wear a yarmulke and speak Hebrew in Tehran as it is in San Diego. Let's try it, shall we?
You first, Mr. Hunter.
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