Reform Is Not A One-night Stand.

I'm Not Sure History Has Ended.

What We Want For The Iranian People Is Control Over Their Own Government, Which They Don't Have Now. So You Would Do It Through Supplying Resources And Support From The Outside To The Indigenous People Who Are Already Quite Unhappy. The Mullahs Have Made Hash Of The Economy Since 1979, There's A Huge Amount Of Economic Dissatisfaction. The Young People, Who Are Pretty Well Educated And Sophisticated, Know They Could Have A Better Life Than This Strict Islamic Law.

Iran Is Barely Over 50% Persian, And Arabs, Baluchis, Azeris, Kurds And Many Other Groups Feel Left Out Of The Society. That Regime Has A Lot More Weaknesses Than People See.

Diplomacy Is Not An End In Itself If It Does Not Advance U.s. Interests.

You Know, As Somebody Who Writes Op-eds And Appears On The Television, I Appreciate As Well As Anybody That…there Is A Limit To What That Accomplishes.