WEIRDNESS - AT 7:26 A.M. ET:  The man in charge of stopping nuclear proliferation, and who has failed at it, now speaks out, giving us his profound view of President Obama's outreach to Iran.  The sheer depth of his remarks may be too much of an intellectual challenge for us:

The UN's chief nuclear inspector applauded Barack Obama for extending an olive branch to Iran, calling the US president's offer of diplomacy an important gesture toward resolving Iran's dispute with the West over its nuclear program.

"Obama is talking about direct negotiation without preconditions based on mutual respect, and he's extended his hand to the Iranian people," International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei said Tuesday in Ecuador. "I hope it's reciprocated by the Iranian people."

COMMENT:  Say what?  The Iranian people?  What do they have to do with this?  So ElBaradei tells us that the Iranian people should reciprocate?  What do they do?  Hold up placards so our satellites can read them?

It's the Iranian government that counts, Mr. Nuke.  It's the Iranian government that's developing atomic weapons, intercontinental missiles, and God knows what else.  It's the government that denies the Holocaust and takes aim at the United States, Europe, and Israel. 

These UN guys - they speak a language of their own.  And it isn't ours.

March 25, 2009