Haleh Esfandiari has been a proponent of talking to the Iranian regime and trying to get the rest of the world to 'understand them' in order so that we can all just get along.
Let that sink in for a moment and then decide whose side she's been on.
I wonder if she's had a change of heart now?
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Mark Steyn is right, "The longer it goes without being stopped, the worse it will be." Give me the comparatively... [MORE]
John Draper
Aug 2, 2007 05:43
I missed the author's name at the beginning and regretted my haste before I was even halfway through the article.... [MORE]
AF
Jul 29, 2007 19:58
Haleh Esfandiari has been a proponent of talking to the Iranian regime and trying to get the rest of the...
TB
Jul 29, 2007 09:43
And how is the "stopping" going to be done?I think it is unwise think that Iran can be "stopped". Where... [MORE]
Louise Belfrage
Jul 29, 2007 05:47
Mr Steyn - I'm a fan of yours - read your articles, have your latest book and listen to you... [MORE]
Chester
Jul 28, 2007 09:44
It is not necessary to "nuke" Iran. They have chosen to build their research and production sites for nuclear development... [MORE]
D. Stacy
Jul 27, 2007 10:41
What would cause the American President, Secretary and Department of State, or Congress to become earnest about dealing with Iran's... [MORE]
Kralizec
Jul 26, 2007 18:19
Maybe the US should not have started "rounding up" Iranian diplomats in Iraq last year.
What goes around... [MORE]
john hibbard
Jul 25, 2007 23:08
Mr. Steyn's comments are spot on. Of course, I believe he even was treading lightly. While a nuke threat from... [MORE]
T, Higgins
Jul 25, 2007 19:04
Looking at the record it's absurd to think the Iranian regime will ever deal with the West in good faith.... [MORE]
Stephen Carter
Jul 25, 2007 07:37
Deal with it, who, Iran. This seams to be the one thing we don't want to do. Iran has ratcheted... [MORE]
John W
Jul 23, 2007 19:17
As the daughter of celebrated Iranian journalist, Siamak Pourzand who is a political prisoner in Iran, I have to say... [MORE]
Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi
Jul 23, 2007 17:40
Mark, as always speaks plainly and with "common sense" proving again the truth of the axiom, common sense is not... [MORE]
David Doyle
Jul 23, 2007 12:41
The LA Times, Washington Post and the New York Times have all given this issue reams of coverage. What are... [MORE]
J Harling
Jul 23, 2007 10:36
Harling, you are the one foaming at the mouth. Although Esfaniari's predicament has received coverage, none of thes papers have... [MORE]
J Sullivan
Jul 23, 2007 11:34
I think Mr. Steyn means that there has not been enough coverage of the captured Americans being held by the... [MORE]
Sonia Novoa
Jul 23, 2007 16:49
This is how he left deals with any news that doesn't jive with their worldview; malign the messenger, distort his... [MORE]