When spokesmen for the Obama administration are asked to comment on various aspects of foreign policy, they invariably resort to an incantation which begins and ends with reference to engagement. “We are engaged in discussions…” are the first five words employed in every area of foreign policy from Iran to North Korea.

by Dennis Sanders
I haven’t said a lot about was has been going on in Iran, mostly because other folks are doing a better job of it than I am.
But in regards to how the President is handling the crisis…I do think Obama is doing the right things right now and playing it as carefully as one can. This has upset some on the right, but you won’t get any criticism from me. The relationship between Iran and the United States has always been a delicate one, and if the President appears too strong, he could hurt the protest movement and …

by Tiffany Shorter

No change maybe in sight for Iran, at least not the change that Obama wants.  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won Iran’s presidential election this Saturday, and the Obama Administration along with many Iranians are unhappy.  Riots have erupted in the streets of Tehran, the capital, with  supporters of the moderate challenger, Mir-Hossein Mousavi.  They claim that the election was rigged. In the meanwhile President Obama seems unsure about the possibility of opening diplomatic relations after decades of political hostilities.
It is puzzling that Iranians, the media and even the Obama Administration are astonished by the outcome of the election. Given that …

by Herbert I. London
Based on hints, feints, public pronouncements, and off the record commentary, the administration’s stance toward Iran is coming into focus. Without any question, military action against Iran is off the agenda. The Obama administration will do nothing to prevent the further enrichment of uranium by Iran’s mullahs, notwithstanding who is elected in that nation’s upcoming vote.
The negotiations with Iran are based on the premise that Iran can produce as much enriched uranium as it wants as long as a nuclear bomb isn’t manufactured. In other words, Obama seeks a “Japanese solution,” the conditions for a bomb without …