Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Syrian President Bashar Assad (AP)
"Despite Mr. Ahmadinejad’s bombast, Iran’s program is having serious technical problems. There is still time for creativity and courage. We’re waiting."Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, made another blustering claim [last] week: that his scientists are tripling the size of their nuclear fuel program. …
The big players … need to agree on a list of new sanctions with a lot more bite: a ban on dealings with major Iranian banks; a ban on arms sales; a ban on new investments in Iran. They need to warn, credibly, of even tougher sanctions to come.
At the same time, Washington needs to make Iran a serious offer to talk about everything, including security assurances and diplomatic and economic relations if Iran is willing give up its fuel program and cooperate fully with inspectors … [and] send someone a lot higher ranking than the U.S. ambassador in Baghdad to deliver the message. Access the full article>>