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Critics of the administration say that given the grave issues at stake, that stance may be too aloof. "How immature is it that we have to pretend for American domestic political reasons that we’re going to get cooties from the Iranians unless they go to the bathroom first and wash their hands?" said an exasperated George Perkovich, vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. "Are we a major power or not?"

i know i've blogged about this a million times now, but i just don't get why so many conservatives see refusing to talk directly to countries we don't like is somehow a show of strength. it's hard for me to see how it can be anything but a sign of profound weakness. if we were able to deal with them, we would. the fact that we won't only suggests that we can't.