Parlour

As I explained, again, to people in our country, we’re at the beginning of the diplomatic process [with Iran], not the end of the diplomatic process. I know — we live in a world where everything has to be solved instantly. I wish problems could be solved instantly, but that's not how the world works, particularly when you're dealing with a non-transparent regime.

(President Bush in an recent interview with Sabine Christiansen of the ARD)

Now, pretty cool, this Bush guy, huh? I mean, that sounds very reasonable and I can agree on pretty much everything he says here.

The problem, however, is: this statement would also have been true concerning pre-war Iraq. Then Bush didn’t seem to be so keen on some slow diplomatic process, but rather a fast war.

After everything looks like the war wasn’t that fast in the end, after I learned a new english word called »quagmire« describing post-war Iraq and after it looks as if the Iran is – this time for real – constructing something really dangerous, the situation seems to have changed.

Now, I don’t think Bush’s opinion on war and diplomacy has changed in the last three years. All he does is trying to find a reasonable explanation – without looking like an idiot – why the USA can’t that easy – even if it would be necessary – invade or »liberate« or whatever Iran.

(I have to admit that I didn’t see the interview. Johnny from Spreeblick mentioned it in his podcast, and I found the link to a transcript in the comments.)