About that New 'Moderate' Iranian Cabinet...

WSJ ^ | Aug. 6, 2013 | Sohrab Ahmari

[nuconvert]

Hasan Rouhani's inauguration as Iran's president has renewed the Obama administration's dreams of rapprochement with Tehran. In a Sunday statement, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney expressed hope that "the new Iranian government will heed the will of the voters by making choices that will lead to a better life for the Iranian people." Should the Islamic Republic choose to engage, Mr. Carney added, "it will find a willing partner in the United States."

Mr. Rouhani has already been "making choices" that the U.S. might want to take into account before becoming a "willing partner" in dealing with the regime. Consider the Iranian president's new cabinet, announced on Sunday. His picks were generally hailed in the American media as "reform minded or moderate technocrats" (NBC), as "more moderate" (New York Times) or as bearers of "an olive branch to the U.S." (New Republic).

But these men have long histories in the Islamic Republic, ....

[Flintlock]

There ARE no moderates.

They’re MUSLIMS, remember??

[allendale]

Those wily mullahs will sucker Kerry and Obama for all their worth. Talk, talk, talk, while all the while keeping those centrifuges spinning. It will be easy for them to fool the fools, but Netanyahu is still the adult at the party.