And they have the Obama administration and the rest of the so-called "international community" right where such strategically minded folks with a gift for besting their interlocutors want them: Talking, seemingly endlessly.
There is nothing that drives me crazier than people of a certain age endlesslytalking about their ailments, so I will not tell you about mine except to say that I am grateful to live in a time when there are a variety of medications to alleviate them.