Jaw-Jaw in Istanbul
So today in Istanbul, Iran and the P5+1 have resumed talks on the Iranian nuclear program. Strangely, I was not invited to help with the negotiations. I have no idea why they didn't call me, because I'm sure I could have been very clarifying. Instead, they have Catherine Ashton negotiating on behalf of the P5+1. That would be this Catherine Ashton:
The Iranians are, I'm sure, laughing themselves senseless. Can you imagine what they're saying to each other?
At least the good thing about this situation is that Catherine Ashton and the Iranians are being kept busy. It wouldn't be a bad thing for the world if the Turks just kept feeding and housing them for the rest of eternity in that nice hotel, would it? Just let them all chat pleasantly about the phrasing of the press release until the end of time. These are all people, after all, who could--and would--be up to a lot of mischief if they weren't holed up together playing make-believe.
The Turks should definitely encourage them to visit the spa, too. That hotel has an amazing spa. I hope they all indulge in a detoxifying herb and seaweed bath, an avocado and aloe vera body exfoliation, an anti-cellulite deep tissue massage and a toning and rebalancing foot treatment. Obviously, the longer they spend in that hotel doing nothing useful, the better off the rest of the world will be.
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Dec '10
Re: Jaw-Jaw in Istanbul
Yes, but the rest of the world can't fit into that same hotel.
May '10
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Lady Catherine Ashton is in over her head on the Orient Express. Better call in Belgian supersleuth Hermann van Rompuy.
I remember the good old days when Europe would at least issue "strongly-worded cables".
Oct '10
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Nigel Farage and Daniel Hannan are my heroes.
Ricochet needs to kidnap these guys.
Jun '10
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Blake Ewing: Nigel Farage and Daniel Hannan are my heroes.
Ricochet needs to kidnap these guys. · Jan 21 at 6:38am
Don't forget Lord Monckton.
Jun '10
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What a nightmare. Talk about a Tower of Babel!
Nigel Farage is a shining example of what I love about British politicians (especially conservative-leaning ones). The boldness is fantastic. It's both mischievous and serious at the same time. As usual, the simple utterance of facts is deemed inappropriate. I don't know how the European Parliament normally conducts its business, but I'm sure most there consider British Parliament's style of raucousness as completely beneath them. Mr. Farage is surrounded by the finest of mediocrity and tedium.
May '10
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Blake Ewing: Nigel Farage and Daniel Hannan are my heroes.
Ricochet needs to kidnap these guys. · Jan 21 at 6:38am
I'll second that!
Jun '10
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Apparently with most of its members absent. Not unlike American congressmen who pontificate in front of the cameras before an empty gallery.
May '10
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Nigel Farage and Daniel Hannan, wonder if they listen to Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin on the web? These men, how have they not gone mad already?
They are drops in a sea of complacency, fatalism, non-transparency,self-loathing, and old age. But it is great theatre!