The Trojan Horse is giving Iran six more months before deciding if the strategy for engaging with Tehran is working. Does this make any kind of logical sense? What happens after six months? You, I and Iran know… NOTHING!
The question surrounding President Barack Obama’s outreach to Iran since the beginning has always been about the timetable: How long would he let this diplomatic initiative proceed before he switches to a more punitive course?
Among critics and even privately among members of Obama’s own administration, it has been taken almost for granted that using engagement to get Tehran to abandon its nuclear program is a strategy with a short future, a necessary but ultimately fruitless step on the way to something far tougher.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was quoted as saying earlier this year that she doubted Iran would jump at the offer of better ties with Washington. When he talks about Iran, Vice President Joe Biden always emphasizes that no option is off the table, a indirect way of saying that a U.S. military strike remains possible,
But whenever Obama himself has a chance to clarify his own views on this question, he finds a way to put more time on the clock.
He did it Monday after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he vowed wait until the end of the year before deciding if the strategy for engaging with Tehran was working.