Jay Nordlinger writes for
National Review. Here he looks at the
bad match between Secretary of State John Kerry and the negotiations with Iran about their nuclear program. First he quotes a
Reuters article about Kerry, found at
Yahoo News Canada.
His 2004 presidential election loss, lack of legislative monuments despite 28 years in the Senate, and failure, like many before, to bring peace to Israelis and Palestinians have contributed to a view that he struggles to seal major successes.
A man from the Carnegie Endowment is quoted as saying, “If Kerry hits one grand slam, no one will remember his strikeouts.”
Then Nordlinger opines:
In other words, our secretary of state is very, very, very eager for a nuke deal with the Iranian regime, for reasons of personal reputation. This is extremely dangerous — dangerous to the side that such a person is negotiating for.
The kind of negotiator you want is the person who can walk away, who doesn’t absolutely have to have the deal, least of all for reasons of personal glory or reputation.
In addition to Kerry, the President also appears to feel he must have a deal. Iranian behavior says clearly they understand the high levels of motivation Kerry and Obama feel, as they take advantage of our guys' misplaced eagerness.
