After sitting for a two-part interview by the Fox News host Tucker Carlson in which he aired various outlandish opinions, including a criticism of the Abraham Accords, Kanye West took to Instagram to accuse a fellow entertainer of being controlled by Jews. He then used Twitter to threaten that he would be “going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE The funny thing is I actually can’t be Anti Semitic because black people are actually Jew also” [sic]. Both social-media sites, where the wildly successful hip-hop star—who in 2021 legally changed his name to “Ye”—has millions of followers, suspended his accounts. Stephen Pollard comments:

Apart from my incredulity that Twitter actually acted to remove an anti-Semitic post—most of the time it seems to rely on them for business—what struck me most was how this was reported. Near universally his words were described as anti-Semitic. Now this might not seem the most noteworthy aspect of this story, given that they were indeed anti-Semitic. But you hardly need me to tell you that, more often not, even the most blatantly anti-Semitic statement is usually reported as “allegedly anti-Semitic.” Write that Jews kill babies to suck their blood and the likelihood is you will be described as having written an apparently or allegedly anti-Semitic sentence.

But it was, as I say, too good to last. In the days after the first reports, two main themes have emerged. First—and most ludicrously—that Ye’s words should not be interpreted as antisemitic. . . . [Second], is that what Ye said doesn’t really count because they are clearly the words of someone who is, to use the technical term, off his trolley.

Yet, Dominic Green contends that—anti-Semitic though West’s words were—the rapper should be allowed some consideration given his history of mental illness:

[West’s] manic outbursts have long been the subjects of cruel jokes. It is crueler still for Fox News to put on air someone who is plainly ill, especially when he’s educated himself on the Internet.

Compare West to Roger Waters, who turned up over the High Holy Days in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine. Waters, who insists that he has nothing against Jews, only the existence of Israel, said that British and American Jews bear responsibility for Israel’s actions “because they pay for everything.”

Roger Waters will always be a delusional bigot. But Kanye West, who has performed in Israel, will recover from his delusions and their bigotry. He deserves a break.

In 2003, the Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, spooked by the American display of might in Iraq, decided to destroy or surrender his entire nuclear program. Informed observers have suggested that the deal he made with the U.S. should serve as a model for any agreement with Iran. Robert Joseph provides some useful background:

Gaddafi had convinced himself that Libya would be next on the U.S. target list after Iraq. There was no reason or need to threaten Libya with bombing as Gaddafi was quick to tell almost every visitor that he did not want to be Saddam Hussein. The images of Saddam being pulled from his spider hole . . . played on his mind.

President Bush’s goal was to have Libya serve as an alternative model to Iraq. Instead of war, proliferators would give up their nuclear programs in exchange for relief from economic and political sanctions.

Any outcome that permits Iran to enrich uranium at any level will fail the one standard that President Trump has established: Iran will not be allowed to have a nuclear weapon. Limiting enrichment even to low levels will allow Iran to break out of the agreement at any time, no matter what the agreement says.

Iran is not a normal government that observes the rules of international behavior or fair “dealmaking.” This is a regime that relies on regional terror and brutal repression of its citizens to stay in power. It has a long history of using negotiations to expand its nuclear program. Its negotiating tactics are clear: extend the negotiations as long as possible and meet any concession with more demands.