How The Wheels Of Time Have Turned Full Circle
As the Bar approaches, it seems the arena of international relations becomes more exciting. There is so much to be talking about studying for the Bar seems so inconsequential.
Mr. Sharon and company appear to be on the move - a good story for his country and the rest of us.
Mr. Ahmedinejad has been busy.
And there's been some interesting developments with respect to the dance between those two scorned old lovers, Tehran and Washington, what I like to call the 'other peace process.'
They really are akin to partners in a broken marriage - once bitten twice shy, and with all the attendant issues: communication breakdown, fear of commitment and intimacy, the usual.
Today, we are so far away from pre-Revolutionary US-Iranian relations that it's easy to forget just how close the two countries were at one time. As you can see from these photos, Iran and the US used to be best buddies. Hard to fathom now, but do you remember the American President chose to spend New Year's Eve in Tehran in 1977, raising his glass to "an island of stability in one of the more troubled areas of the world!!!"
How the wheels of time have turned full circle.
posted by antiradical at 7:15 AM
1 Comments:
Yes. I think I like your conception of teh US-Iranian relationship as "the other peace process" because in the long run, we will need to find a modus vivendi with Iran. The regime is ready to fall, the only thing missing is the connectivity to the outside world that would allow Iranian society to take them down. At the same time, we need to understand the major reason why Iran is trying to get a nuclear capability, our troops have taken out regimes to both its east and west and our troops are conducting operations in both theaters. Giving our history of animosity with the mullahs, they must be running scared. Once we understand that, I think we can look past Ahmedinejad's rhetoric and focus on the different groups in society who want change. It's about connectivity in the end. We need to reintegrate Iran into globalization.
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