Romney smiled a brittle smile: "Attacking me is not an agenda".
But, he added, "a smile attack is better than a military attack.
"We have been accused of having a smile attack," Mr. Seifi said.
"A smile attack is much better than a lie attack," Zarif hit back on This Week, going on to accuse Israel of persistently lying about Iran's nuclear intentions.
Such a deal may have been the final straw that pushed Iran to commence with its "smile attack," because it has immediately diminished their influence in Syria, and by diffusion also in Lebanon.
His style might be summed up by this advice from his mother: "Smile, relax, attack".
The vice president clearly took to heart a note his mother slipped to him before a 1988 debate: "Smile, relax, attack".
More smiles and attacking groundstrokes will go a long way to achieving that goal in the coming days.
Often using mockery – and almost always smiling – he attacked Trump's supposed strengths.
Even when irritated by the surprise presence of a photographer, stars now smile rather than attack.
