There are 34 years of reasons to be skeptical about any negotiations that may emerge from Friday's historic phone call between President Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. There are scores of broken promises and outright lies about Iran's nuclear program itself. There is Iran's state sponsorship of terror and its efforts to extend its influence across the Middle East at the expense of peace, human dignity and America's allies. But there are no reasons not to be appreciative of the significance of the call, the courage it took for President Obama to seek it, or the good common sense that is to be associated with the United States talking to its enemies.
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David Rothkopf: Call with Iran's Rouhani historic, significant, and courageous for Obama
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He says fears that Iran has pursued nuclear weapons have led to crippling sanctions
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He says in 2009 Obama said he wanted engagement with Iran, then appeared to lean away
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Rothkopf: Churchill said "jaw-jaw" better than "war-war." Obama seems ready to risk it
Iran, according to @placeholder, seeks to have the ability to pursue the peaceful use of nuclear power and nothing more.
President @placeholder came into office citing this as a top national security concern.