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Prof.
Yonah Alexander, Director
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Daily Terrorism Weather
29 March 2012
Policy in Washington
Hard Line on Iran Places White House in a Bind
29 March 2012
Cross Reference: Middle East
“As American and European diplomats prepare for crucial negotiations with Iran over its
nuclear program, the White House finds itself caught in a bind: for the diplomatic effort to
work, American officials say, the Iranian government must believe that President Obama is
ready and willing to take military action.
Yet tough talk, necessary as it might be for
successful diplomacy, contributes to a sense that war may be unavoidable.
And it masks the
fact that Mr.
Obama, and his military commanders,
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