There's nothing like a United Nations appearance by a world leader to provide some Friedalicious metaphors. Even Tom agrees: "For anyone who enjoys a good metaphor, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to the United Nations has been a field day for sheep and wolves." Why they couldn't schedule their field days separately, I'm not sure, but it is nice that they get to go to the U.N. Headquarters instead of sitting in class all day long, even if it's a Crips and Bloods situation in the end.
Let's get to the point: "there’s only one relevant question: Is Iran content to be a big North Korea or does it aspire to be a Persian China?" I'm not up on my cat breeds, but I think those have some golden, fluffy hair or something?
Then we discover that North Korea keeps its people "on a permanent low-calorie diet of both food and information." Just wait till they figure out the information carbs thing! They'll go on a Todd Akin diet or something.
And apparently Iran's Revolutionary Guards "never want to see an American embassy in Tehran." Hm, that rings a bell for some reason. Maybe I should google "American embassy in Tehran" and see if anything pops up. Eh, probably nothing important.
Also, "China’s leaders are not Boy Scouts either." So there goes my mental image of Hu Jintao and Jiang Zemin in Boy Scout uniforms. "Yet we’ve found a stable, mutually beneficial relationship with Beijing as 'frenemies.'" I guess I'm not as current on my International Relations terminology as I should be. So the U.S.-China relationship can be classified as "frenemies with mutual benefits."
But, more importantly, Iran still has to "decide if it really is a China in Persian clothing — or something like that." I think he even confused himself there.
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