INVITING THE MULLAHS - AT 7:27 A.M. ET:  From The Washington Times:

BRUSSELS | The Obama administration made its first major overture to Iran on Thursday, proposing a high-level international conference on Afghanistan later this month that it hopes will include the Tehran government.

The forum, which Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called a "big-tent meeting," is likely to take place in the Netherlands and bring together countries and organizations with stakes in Afghanistan's future.

COMMENT:  It was inevitable, given the administration's warmth and kindness offensive, but it still makes us uneasy.  There will presumably be a photo-op that will make the Iranian regime look good - international respectability has that effect - but what will we get out of it?  Time is not on our side.  Tehran's nuclear program forges ahead as we plan conferences.  Is there a sense of urgency here?  I don't see it.

March 6, 2009