"We have heard this foolish delusion before," Bush said in remarks to the Israeli Knesset. "As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American Senator declared: 'Lord, if only I could have talked to Hitler, all of this might have been avoided.' We have an obligation to call this what it is -- the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history."
WASHINGTON - A top U.S. diplomat heading to Tehran has no plans to meet separately with Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, but the mere presence of the Bush administration official at talks between the Iranian negotiator and representatives of other world powers will be a sharp break with past administration policy.
Neville Chamberlain aside, the Bush people would be crazy not to push diplomacy, when the alternative seems to be an Israeli air strike that could plunge the region into a wider war than the one we have now. John McCain is already down in the polls with $138-a-barrel oil -- how do you think he'd do with $238-a-barrel oil?
Is the All-Star Game over yet? I have an idea for any time it goes more than 10 innings -- bring in Josh Hamilton's 71-year-old coach to pitch the 11th to both teams.
Open thread -- discuss whatever.