Its called diplomacy, stupid
Posted by Max Bergmann
If you don't see something for a while - sometimes you forget what that something looks like. After more than seven years of this administration some could perhaps be forgiven for forgetting what diplomacy looks like. Charlie Kupchan and Ray Takeyh oped in the IHT today provide an important corrective - making the point that talking to our adversaries is not called appeasement - its called diplomacy.
Obama's readiness to engage adversaries is a sign not of naïveté or inexperience, but of hard-headed realism. The history of diplomacy makes amply clear that longstanding rivalries usually require engagement - often at the highest levels - to reach resolution. In contrast, isolation and the silent treatment serve primarily to sustain mutual hostility and suspicion.
Bush should have learned as much from the results of his own policies. Throughout his presidency, Bush has refused to enter into direct negotiations with Tehran over its nuclear program and broader issues of regional security.
The result has been mounting hostility and an Iran that is continuing to enrich uranium while fueling extremist causes throughout the Middle East.
"Talking" is not the same as "negotiating."
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