Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Ryan Crocker: "...Iran ..simply does not carry anything remotely like that weight, not internationally, not even regionally”

in the Irish Times, here via Matt Yglesias.
"...So is there a New Cold War, comparable to that with the former Soviet Union, between the US and Iran?
“I don’t think so,” says Crocker, formulating his answer as a putdown to Tehran. “The Soviet Union was a formidable force at its height, with a massive nuclear arsenal. It had half of Europe locked up in its grasp. Iran simply does not carry anything remotely like that weight, not internationally, not even regionally.”

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

If Mr. Crocker is right, why is everybody fretting about Russia, Iran, etc. If Russia is a lightweight, and if Iran is of no consequence regionally, so what is it he is selling?