Late Friday, the Obama administration quietly announced that they would be meeting with Iran with no pre-conditions, just as Obama promised during the first part of his never-ending campaign. Unfortunately for Obama, it seems that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad understands how to move from “campaigning” to “governance” much better: Iran snubs Barack Obama’s nuclear talks

Less than 48 hours after Washington and its allies reluctantly accepted an offer of face-to-face negotiations from Tehran, the Iranian president insisted that the topic of greatest interest to the West would not be on the table.

“From the Iranian nation’s viewpoint, the nuclear case is closed,” he told Britain’s ambassador to Tehran, Simon Gass. “Having peaceful nuclear technology is Iran’s lawful and definite right and Iranians will not negotiate with anyone over their undeniable rights.”

What else is there to say? When one says they will treat with another from a position of weakness, one gets owned. When it is with a leader of a rogue country involved in Middle Eastern terrorism hell bent on developing nuclear weapons (were Iran simply looking to create nuclear power, that would be acceptable under the Non-Proliferation Treaty. As a matter of fact, the USA would be obliged to help), it is even worse. Chamberlain had no pre-conditions and Hitler did. Look how well that turned out.

And the beat goes on…