John Chuckman
COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN CONSORTIUM NEWS BY AS’AD ABUKHALIL
“Iran’s Strategic Standstill”
“Whether in Iraq, Syria or Lebanon, Iran and its allies are acquiescing to the ascendancy of their enemies”
I just do not agree with the author’s analysis
“But the Rouhani-Zarif team erred on many fronts”
How could anyone on earth have predicted something like Donald Trump?
He took the entire world by surprise. A shocking, destructive surprise.
His ignorance, rudeness, and belligerence have already become infamous, and those characteristics cover every area of his efforts in the world.
Infamous too has been his willingness to sell American foreign policy in the Middle East and to completely turn his back on the rule of law.
His destructiveness is exactly comparable to being hit by a bolt of lightning.
It has nothing to do with Iranian statesmen.
Rouhani and Zarif are men of exceptional talent and grace.
But there is no defense or preparation against being struck by lightning.
