Taheri explains the sad state of the West's position:
In a speech Thursday, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad described the latest negotiations as "a diplomatic victory" for his administration. He said he welcomed "nuclear cooperation" with the 5+1 group -- but would not accept the deal in "the form presented to us."
Read it all. Iran isn't even willing to agree to a plan that is clearly in Iran's interests and will not slow Iran's nuclear drive. That's how little they think of us. The Iranians won't even pretend to buckle to a false demand from the West that we seem willing to pretend is real.
After all these years os talks and so-called pressure, the Iranians welcome nuclear cooperation with the West because so far cooperation has meant allowing Iran to advance to being within reach of becoming a nuclear-armed state.
Who can blame Ahmadinejad and the mullahs for believing God is on their side? Really, what evidence would you put up to refute that belief?
