Tuesday 23 June 2009

Israel Matzav: Why Obama got Iran wrong

Why Obama got Iran wrong

Fouad Ajami explains why President Obama got Iran wrong.

But in truth Iran had never wanted an opening to the U.S. For the length of three decades, the custodians of the theocracy have had precisely the level of enmity toward the U.S. they have wanted -- just enough to be an ideological glue for the regime but not enough to be a threat to their power. Iran's rulers have made their way in the world with relative ease. No White Army gathered to restore the dominion of the Pahlavis. The Cold War and oil bailed them out. So did the false hope that the revolution would mellow and make its peace with the world.


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Israel Matzav: Why Obama got Iran wrong

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