About Face

Tuesday Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice -- ga-ga-glargh! (Sorry, can't say that without some acid reflux) -- beat her chest and threw her feces in the direction of Iran's development of nuclear weapons, implying that military action is definitely "in the offing."

Wednesday Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice -- hurmphlrg! -- reacted to North Korea's announcement that they had successfully developed nuclear weapons and would not be interested in multilateral talks, thankyuhveddymuch, by pleading with the North Koreans to please pretty please return to the table I promise not to hurl my feces at you please aw c'mon.

Is it any wonder that the Europeans have engaged Iran in multilateral talks, plus a little carrot-and-stick action, before Iran succeeds in developing nuclear weapons? Is it any wonder that Iran is essentially thumbing its nose now?

Meanwhile, the U.S. continues its program to expand its nuclear arsenal via "mini-nukes." Talk about hurling feces.