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Iran Plays the West for Suckers
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Iran Plays the West for Suckers
Some in the media are claiming that America’s tensions with Iran are subsiding since the two countries have attended new international talks about the Islamist regime’s nuclear program. Some say there might even be a deal in the offing to resolve the problem. The first meeting in Istanbul in April produced nothing of substance, but the “positive signals” emanating from Tehran are a sure sign the Iranians think they have found yet another way to stall the West and possibly even avert the implementation of tougher sanctions. And, as Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu pointed out, centrifuges are still spinning as the Iranians refine uranium until the next scheduled meeting in Baghdad in late May. Even if Obama’s European, Russian, and Chinese partners in the talks are serious about the goal of a non-nuclear Iran, the negotiations could drag on all year. This means the only winner is Iran, which has bought its nuclear program several months of freedom to make a bomb.
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Jonathan Tobin is Senior Online Editor of COMMENTARY.
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