re: #110 notutopia

Charles, Those carrots are the perfect stick for a jackass like Ahmadinnerjack. LoL !
Doesn’t look like the foreign policy options to Iran is hopey changing that much and any different than the Bush Administration’s.
Except, the carrot offer and the proverbial, conciliatory offering of “an open hand “.
This is going to be very interesting to watch unfold.

I read on a middle east experts site that the ME leaders HATE the carrot and stick metaphor because it insinuates that they are beasts of burden like donkeys.