"The paper calls for a huge exercise in talking," the Times quoted an unnamed senior European official as saying. "If you were to try to implement it, it would take a minimum of several years."
The newspaper said it obtained a copy but did not say how, and added that Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Kisliak, "could not suppress a laugh when he read it, according to one participant."
I thought the mere mention of hope and change would have convinced the Iranians to settle the issue early next year.
But talks with the EU have bought Iran five years so far. Why shouldn't the Iranians think they can string things out for years longer if America--thinking like proper Europeans--joins the talks next year in earnest?
It should be long enough for Iran to go nuclear, eh?
