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On New Year's Day, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki issued an ultimatum to the West: Accept a swap of part of our 2 ton stockpile of low-enriched uranium for your higher-enriched uranium for our U.S.-built reactor, or we start enriching to 20 percent ourselves.
Though the White House is on the defensive for its initial nonchalant response to al-Qaida's attempted bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day and has a need to show toughness, to dismiss Iran's proposal out of hand may be a mistake.
For, bluster aside, this deal appears consistent with the twin U.S. goals: no...
Nuclear Poker with Iran
Insert:..and carry a big stick."
The lull from our leadership may be sensible.