Yet another reason to be thankful that the Clinton Administration is no longer the administration. The oddly misnamed Madeleine Albright channels the Euroweenies.

“First of all they (Iran, Iraq and North Korea) are very different from each other,” said Albright, who was Secretary of State in the Clinton administration.

Of course they are, but their similarities are much greater than their differences, and those similarities are more than sufficient to justify Bush’s characterization of them.

In the case of Iraq, Albright said the United States had been trying to contain President Saddam Hussein since 1991 and strong action was necessary. However, the situation with Iran was more complicated and the United States needed Tehran’s help in dealing with Afghanistan.

You mean help, as in not undermining the new government? They don’t seem interested in offering that kind of help. Perhaps a new government in Tehran would be an improvement?

Looking at North Korea, Albright said it was a mistake to walk away from that communist state. The United States has attempted to hold talks with North Korea about its weapons program but that process has gone nowhere.

No kidding.

I wonder why. Could it be because the folks who run the place are duplicitous Stalinist monsters, with no interest except their own power, and are only marginally sane? Nawww.

“When we left office, we left the potential of a verifiable agreement to stop the export of missile technology abroad on the table. I think it’s a mistake to walk away from that. We know that North Korea is dangerous but lumping those three countries together is dangerous,” she said.

In what way, Maddie? Just because we lump them together rhetorically doesn’t mean that we have to follow exactly similar policies toward them. I know it’s hard for you to understand, but it’s actually possible to deal with them together rhetorically, while still handling them separately, in an appropriate time and manner for each.

Anyway, I’m not sure why anyone in the current administration should be interested in your opinions on this, or any other matter. They’re kind of busy right now, cleaning up the mess that you left them.