Talking is Good

See, we can be a civilized nation. The news today is that we have agreed to sit down and have a nice little chat with our arch enemy Iran. Tea and crumpets between theocratic governments. How nice. So, I guess any day now Iran will give up its nuclear ambitions...

Huh? Only Iraq is on the table? Damn. "Hey, hon', sorry, I take it back, you can't use the fallout shelter* for your ceramics project. We may still be getting blown to smithereens." Oh well. I guess it's a start.

Here's the NYT article on the proposed talks. It's worth a read if only for all the hedging and back-talking. Grow up people, you sound nine.

*Full Disclosure: I do not have a fallout shelter, though my Manhattan apartment might as well be one it's so damn small.