At a certain level, international diplomacy with Iran and a
first-in-a-generation breakthrough constitute the worst possible
scenario for U.S. neoconservatives. Their vision dictates that change
can come to the Middle East, but only through military force – and the
more diplomacy and the search for peaceful solutions makes force
unlikely, the more it must be rejected.
And with this in mind, it’s understandable that neocons are
even more agitated than usual this morning. With P5+1 – the five
permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, plus Germany – having
reached a preliminary agreement with Iran, the entire neocon vision is
facing a historic repudiation. Michael Tomasky noted
this morning that among neocons, “there is contemplation of the hideous
reality that Obama and the path of negotiation just might work. This is
the thing the neocons can’t come to terms with at all. If Obama
succeeds here, their entire worldview is discredited. Check that; even
more discredited.”
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