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Originally Posted by RIJIMMY
How about calling for an IMMMEDIATE meeting of the UN Security Council? How about LEADING !!!!!!!
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To what end? Invasion?
They certainly didn't want to look like we were meddling in their affairs, which is a stigma the US has among the Iranian people.
Also, given the situation had we taken a harder line it would have most likely just empowered the Iranian hardliners. By showing their true colors they revealed their weakness. The clerics are not all on the same page.
A knee-jerk reaction might have impressed the neocons, but the goal is to win the long-term struggle.
It's looking like the Administration has worked to find some common ground among the G5 which is necessary to apply any real pressure.
The Iranian issue will be solved via incremental success, of which the past 8 years have seen none.
-spence
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