Cal Thomas: “The problem with the West’s attitude toward Iran is that it refuses to take seriously the messianic statements driving Iran’s foreign policy. One question Westerners cannot answer is this: Why would people who believe they have a direct command from their god to eradicate Israel and take down the West disobey that god and negotiate an agreement with ‘infidels’ and especially a country they label ‘The Great Satan’? Did their god change his mind? Some Muslim clerics claim the Koran gives them the right to lie to ‘infidels’ in pursuit of their goals, so how do we know they are not lying when they claim their nuclear objectives are peaceful? If Iran’s intentions are truly peaceful, what’s to negotiate?”