The Obama administration's emerging "new" Iran policy, reportedly favoring "targeted" sanctions over the wider and more aggressive approach proposed by Congress, is sooooo 2009.
According to leaks from administration officials, Obama aides are now preparing a set of sanctions that would target "discrete elements" of the clerical regime, mostly commanders of the Revolutionary Guards. Those aides pooh-pooh wider sanctions, like imposing an embargo on refined petroleum, as the House of Representatives called for in a recent resolution.
There are two reasons for this approach, as The Washington Post explained the administration's thinking last week: to "avoid alienating the Iranian public -- while keeping the door ajar" for diplomatic negotiations with the mullahs over the nuclear issue.
>>>The neo-cons and AIPAC are extremely unhappy that their efforts in the Congress for broad-based sanctions were waisted. Kudos to the efforts of NIAC, who argued in the Congress for targeted sanctions, and now the White House seems to agree with them. And, a double-kudos to Obama's White House who shows leadership and expresses visions that are not clouded by the extreme elements.
Person | About | Day |
---|---|---|
نسرین ستوده: زندانی روز | Dec 04 | |
Saeed Malekpour: Prisoner of the day | Lawyer says death sentence suspended | Dec 03 |
Majid Tavakoli: Prisoner of the day | Iterview with mother | Dec 02 |
احسان نراقی: جامعه شناس و نویسنده ۱۳۰۵-۱۳۹۱ | Dec 02 | |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Prisoner of the day | 46 days on hunger strike | Dec 01 |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Graffiti | In Barcelona | Nov 30 |
گوهر عشقی: مادر ستار بهشتی | Nov 30 | |
Abdollah Momeni: Prisoner of the day | Activist denied leave and family visits for 1.5 years | Nov 30 |
محمد کلالی: یکی از حمله کنندگان به سفارت ایران در برلین | Nov 29 | |
Habibollah Golparipour: Prisoner of the day | Kurdish Activist on Death Row | Nov 28 |
OUCH - sorry for the rich text
by MM on Mon Jan 04, 2010 10:00 AM PSTsorry for all the rich text. please click on the arrows to see the original story.