Warning: slightly tongue-in-cheek.
Iraq and Iran
Rice on Iraq:
"worth the investment"
Rice on N. Korea:
"They’re signed on to denuclearization," in an agreement last year that was never implemented. "We’ll see whether or not they follow through," Rice said.
Rice on Iran:
She said she is confident all U.N. members will enforce the sanctions once passed, no matter how they voted.
I filtered the grains of Rice that reflected some hope or catch. On Iraq it is just the choice of the word "investment", not what they actually invest. On North Korea it is "whether or not they follow through", and on Iran it hinges on "sanctions once passed".
North Korea
Here the grain is at the bottom of the filter:
American and North Korean experts had separate talks on the financial issue this week in Beijing, but made no breakthroughs and were tentatively set to meet in the United States next month.
Here is the best news for Bush yet.
Seriously.
1 comment:
The point is that my perspective, even after a complete read of these links, reflects a filtering of the words in the title or text. The optimism in the choice of the term "investment", the cross currents of follow through and the bottom line that is hinted at for the future.
The further pointing is that "investment" is appropriate but paid for by whom and directed where is the important debate, while not who, but that it starts, and how to follow through matters.
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