IS THIS SERIOUS? - AT 7:45 A.M. ET:  I'm surprised this hasn't gotten more play, but I suspect it will.  Members of Congress, including some of President Obama's closest allies, recently advised him to place a time limit on talks with Iran, to make clear that our patience is limited, and to be sure Iran doesn't use the talks to stall any changes in its ongoing nuclear program.

The White House apparently wasn't listening.  From The Jerusalem Post:

The White House rejected the notion of putting timelines on its engagement with Iran Wednesday and indicated that its efforts could take a significant amount of time.

Say what?

White House National Security Council spokesman Mike Hammer told foreign journalists Wednesday that "it's not appropriate at this time to be trying to establish timetables, but rather seeing how the engagement can move forward."

He said the US was not looking for "talk for the sake of talk," but that "there are opportunities there for us to engage with the Iranian government."

And...get this one:

"We are in a process that we expect will take some time," he said. "We've had a difficult - at best - relationship in the past with Iran, and we're looking to see what is possible. But we're under no illusions that there will be any change in the near term."

COMMENT:  Are these people real?  The president has just telegraphed to our enemies what the limits of our interrogation techniques will be.  Now we hand Iran a splendid victory on a silver platter.  We are saying, "Take your time, we know this isn't easy."  No time limits means no results.  Why should Iran do anything if it now knows it can just run out the clock and develop its bomb?

This is just a ridiculous policy, guaranteed to fail.  The Obama administration is fundamentally saying that it doesn't regard the Iranian nuclear threat that seriously.  I wonder what are allies are thinking, what they're really thinking, not what they're saying publicly.  I can imagine what the Israelis are thinking, and what Arab nations frightened of Iran are thinking. 

Awful, awful, awful.  But let's see if the Obamamaniacs in the mainstream media have any questions today.

April 30, 2009