Obama’s Policy On Iran Bears Some Fruit, But Nuclear Program Still Advances -- Joby Warrick, Washington Post
Barack Obama’s presidency was only hours old when a fierce debate erupted among top Iranian officials over the new U.S. leader and his offer to “extend a hand” to the Islamic republic. Hard-liners suspected a trick, convinced that Obama was no different from his predecessor, but others saw potential for a long-sought diplomatic thaw.
“It created real hope inside Iran,” recalled Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a former senior Iranian Foreign Ministry official and witness to the internal rift over Obama’s 2009 inaugural speech. “The question was whether he could deliver.”
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My Comment: I would have to say that President Obama's policy on Iran is not working .... but if there was a President McCain in the White House .... I doubt that anything would have turned out differently. And that is the crux of the problem .... Iran is going to do what Iran wants to do .... and they have many allies in the world who are more than willing to back them up through trade and purchase of oil without a care in the world on what are the consequences of their actions. Short of war .... nothing is going to stop Iran's nuclear program .... and Iran knows that.
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