Foreign Policy Roundup

Two informative posts from Michael Barone:

• Iran: A little bi of information on the peril of direct negotiations with Iran. Barone thinks that the U.S. made their offer of talks suspecting that Iran would not comply.
• Iraq: Perspective is the word of the day, and Barone cites statistics that show how U.S. military fatalities during the Iraq conflict are comparable to those during peacetime periods. Emphasis on the negative is the hallmark of MainstreamMedia's war coverage.