Ehud Barak: Iran Has Escaped a Noose | TIME

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4 days ago - There is a perception across the Middle East that America is weakened.

Has Iran slipped the noose?

According to General Barak,

Iran has now slipped the noose.

Amidst the resulting flak

will Israel become a cooked goose?

Though President Obama has chosen it to ignore,

with splendid visions of peace to come,

this parallels his similar approach to Russia before

to Medvedev which never deterred Putin or his bomb.

isn't playing this game of good cop - bad cop

risking another demoralizing disastrous flop?

HZL

4/7/15

Iranian Nuclear Deal and sanctions: Playing good cop, bad cop

by Matthew Geiger - Nov 26, 2014

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WASHINGTON, November 26, 2014 —

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani came to power as a result of stewing civil discontent and international pressure, but Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei is still ultimately in control of Iran’s policies.

This means Rouhani’s survival as a political leader depends on his ability to produce results that the Supreme Leader can accept and that hinges on his ability to find solutions the outside world can also accept......

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