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The Boston Globe writes an editorial mostly singing the praises of the foreign policy of its hometown candidate. And then, suddenly, they tear him a new one over his statements on Iran:

If there is a troubling contradiction in Kerry's foreign policy platform, it lies in the contrast between his get-tough remarks about Saudi Arabia and his desire to "explore areas of mutual interest with Iran, just as I was prepared to normalize relations with Vietnam." The clerical despots in Tehran — who have lately been chastized for lying to the International Atomic Energy Agency about their nuclear program — have nothing in common with the pacified communists who rule Vietnam.

It is true that Tehran and Washington could both benefit from common understanding about Afghanistan and Iraq. But Kerry's proposal to hand over the Iranian opposition group the People's Mujahedeen of Iran to the mullahs suggests an unfortunate willingness to appease a terrorist regime.

[Posted 06/21 09:43 AM]