I knew the imprisoned Nixon biographer Conrad Black was a fabulous and witty writer (read paragraph #2 of this), but until now I didn't know of his foreign policy analysis skills. In this article, he offers several approaches to Bush's Axis of Evil - basically North Korea and Iran - and suggests, brilliantly, that while Obama and his disciples think the Changemaker is Lincoln reincarnated, emulating Lincoln will not help Obama solve our current problems.
Barack Obama, who quotes Washington and Lincoln with the insight of an historian and not just a leader who has good researchers, could profitably borrow a few pages from Richard Nixon’s playbook. The Father of the Nation and the Saviour of the Union, for all their travails and distinction, never had to deal with such unfeasible characters as Ahmedinejad and Kim Jong-Il.
Black suggests using some linkage politics to persuade Russia and China to put more pressure on Iran. Read the article.
h/t Zach.
