Sunday, December 22, 2013

No Way in H***

Is President Obama actually willing to bomb Iran in the event that no treaty limiting their nuclear development can be negotiated? He has repeatedly said all options (including military) are on the table.

RealClearWorld asked seven international experts who were nearly unanimous in believing the chances were somewhere between extremely unlikely and zero, zero being the implicit modal choice.

Unfortunately Iran understands Obama's unwillingness, which makes his saber-rattling an empty threat. "Empty" is exactly what a nation does not want its threat to appear, when engaged in high-stakes adversarial negotiations.