There is a moment in every conflict when the greatest danger is no longer the missile, the ultimatum, or even the regime itself. It is the word that begins to make unfinished danger sound governable.

That is what “reasonable” is doing now.

A regime does not become new because it survives bombardment. It does not become reasonable because it lowers its voice. It does not become politically transformed because a few officials are removed, a few diplomatic channels reopen, and a few Western observers begin speaking the language of “opportunity.” David Horovitz is right on the essential point: Iran has not ceased to be what it was merely because it has adjusted its presentation. The machinery of coercion, ideological hostility, and strategic blackmail has not disappeared. It has learned.  

That is the part too many people still refuse to understand.........

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