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I think Obama is playing this one pretty well...
He reached out to the people and in doing so exposed how weak the central authority really is.
Iran probably felt they were going to get exposed, but they screwed up. Instead of jumping too soon, Obama let Iran make a big mistake by stating they did have a facility in violation of the UN and exposing their lie. Probably a little luck was involved in the timing right around the UN meeting.
If he can negotiate some support from Russia, they may actually get stiffer measures passed, but China will be a major roadblock.
People can laugh all they want about the prospects of a dialogue, but ultimately we do need a closer relationship. Isolation has just made things worse.
-spence
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