Romney On Point On Iran

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney is on the mark when he suggests that the United Nations should reject Ahmadinejad. Romney doesn't mean that the U.N. should shun the policies of Iran. He means that the United Nations should shun the man himself. That would be a novel, and refreshing change of pace in the United Nations.

Romney must be certain that the world body, which stood aside on Rwanda and is now standing aside as the Janjaweed murder relentlessly in Darfur, will have no problem warmly embracing a man who has advocated for genocide. But this does suggest strongly to the world, that a Romney administration will not toy with, or coddle, the Iranian regime.

This is a smart move and symbolically significant. In an age where the Democratic party has lost all sense of proportion on the significance of symbolic behavior, Romney is siezing a moment to set a tone and draw some distinctions that will matter when the General election rolls around, if he should win the nomination.