Irregular Times Diaries: Unfit Discussion
In a time of the spring, old paths are obscured and new growth begins.
Irregular Times Diaries: Unfit DiscussionIn a time of the spring, old paths are obscured and new growth begins.
An article from the Associated Press reports that the diplomatic delegations from Iran and the United States hurled insults at each other during an international conference about the mess in Iraq.
“In their first direct talks since the Iraq war began, U.S. and Iranian envoys traded harsh words and blamed each other for the country’s crisis Saturday at a one-day international conference that some hoped would help end their 27-year diplomatic freeze.”
I think this is great!
It’s three decades overdue, but it’s definite progress to get representatives of the governments of Iran and the United States in the same room, getting peeved at each other.
Better to hurl an insult than to hurl a spear. Better to drop an innuendo than to drop a bomb.
Maybe we could replace war with a new kind of international conflict - a put-down battle. Whichever side was able to insult the other side with most originality and wit would win the conflict…
… and then both sides could sit back down and have a more civilized discussion of the problems between them.
That, or a tournament of laser tag between the top leaders of the competing nations.
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