Comments on: Iran: America’s “Not-So-Smart Power” and the Nuclear Programme

By: Darrell E.

Darrell E. — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:33:44 +0000

Interesting read and spin on Clinton’s CFR speech…

By: hass

hass — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:20:54 +0000

Q: Had the Bush administration been more flexible, do you think it could have had a deal to freeze the Iranian enrichment program in its experimental phases?

El Baradei: There is no way you are able to deny them the knowledge. But if they do not have the industrial capacity, they do not have weapons. It is as simple as that. I have seen the Iranians ready to accept putting a cap on their enrichment [program] in terms of tens of centrifuges, and then in terms of hundreds of centrifuges. But nobody even tried to engage them on these offers. Now Iran has 5,000 centrifuges. The line was, “Iran will buckle under pressure.” But this issue has become so ingrained in the Iranian soul as a matter of national pride.”

MORE: http://www.iranaffairs.com/

By: Mike Dunn

Mike Dunn — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:13:03 +0000

Which, you should have pointed out Scott, happens to be your site.

Your “more balanced analysis” was posted a week ago- five days before Clinton had even given her speech.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:59:25 +0000

for a more balanced analysis, try

http://bluecontrarian.blogspot.com/2009/07/smart-power.html