Iran

Aaargh.

Tim Russert: Will you make a promise not to allow Iran to become a nuclear power?

Why does everything have to framed like this kind of question. It follows him trying to get people to say whether Israel would be justified in attacking Iran if they felt their security were threatened. So far HC and BO are refusing to answer that directly, trying to actually deal with it as the complex and hypothetical question that it is. That there are many, many, many steps to take before we talk about attacking Iran.

Russert: So you won't make a promise like Rudy Guiliani did.

HC or BO: Dude. Why are you so dumb.

Okay. That's not how the conversation went, but that's how they should have responded to him.

Edwards says the key with Iran is to "stick some carrots." Oh!! Now he's back to the conversation that Tim Russert said was over. Apparently the basic issue was whether to call the Iranian Guard a terrorist organization. This, apparently, is being equated with giving George Bush the right to attack Iran.