Middle East
Another exceptional American takes aim at Iran
we should continue and enhance espionage and sabotage of the Iranian nuclear program. Every nuclear scientist who has a "car accident" and every computer virus buys us time, setting back the timeline for Iran's nuclear capability, while exacting a price for those who cooperate with the nuclear program. Think of it as the ultimate targeted sanction.
DC to Lula Nice try, but too late
It didn't take too long for Washington to put Lula firmly in his place. Brazil's President thought he had scored a diplomatic coup last weekend, by persuading Iran to ship 12 tonnes of partially-enriched uranium out of the country. In many ways he had. Washington, after all, had failed to achieve the same goal last October.