Instapundit notes this piece:
It was no mere chance that Iran’s representatives left the talks with big smiles on their faces, declaring that the “ice was melting” in their relationship with the US, and that they were optimistic about their talks with the rest of the world. After two years of facing the six world powers as a united and unyielding front, in Kazakhstan the Iranians saw those powers blink for the first time. It seemed as if the Americans and some of the Europeans exchanged their hard line with a desire to make some “progress” in their talks with Iran, and provided de facto recognition for the continuation of that country’s nuclear program.
Reset worked so well with Russia. What the heck.
Iran has bought time. We seem happy to provide it since in my most cynical moments, I think we're buying time, too:
Heck, time is really just what most Westerners want, too. If only Iran will go nuclear before we strike, these Westerners can claim it is too late to do anything about Iran's nuclear program--darn the luck, we were so close to doing something--and we just have to stop worrying and learn to love the Iranian bomb.
Yeah, I think a lot of people in our adminsitration are more upset that Iran is taking so darned long to go nuclear. If they'd just get on with it, our administration could get on with learning to love deterrence and defend its many glorious nuances.
