Quote of the Day: UAE Ambassador on Iran's Nuclear Ambitions

The United Arab Emirates ambassador to the US, Yousef al-Otaiba, had this to say, with spectacular and unusual candor:

"We cannot live with a nuclear Iran. ... The United States may be able to live with it.  We can’t."

Then he went on to say something even more stunning: he openly called for military strikes (what?), because -- and here is the second quote of the day from him -- "diplomacy" isn't inspiring any confidence:

"Why should I be led to believe that deterrence and containment will work?"

Read the entire news piece.  It's a firecracker, all right.  Here is some interesting commentary.  Anyway, how long do you think it'll be before al-Otaiba is forced to retract his statement and toe the line on sanctions, diplomacy, international pressure, etc.?  HopeChange.


Oh, and for the record, we can't live with a nuclear Iran either.