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-- implicitly including his predecessor, George W. Bush -- who preferred "the satisfying purity of

hateful regimes holds out the possibility of progress. In his Nobel Peace Prize speech he mocked moralists -- implicitly including his predecessor, George W. Bush -- who preferred "the satisfying purity of indignation" to the hard and very impure work of diplomacy. And that, I imagine, is why Obama has react

ised. Cutting ties to demonstrate the purity of your indignation, by contrast, is irresponsible. Obama's consequentialism was a welcome relief from Bush's moralism. Perhaps Obama should have more sharply criticized the grossly fraudulent Iranian election in 2009, but he held his tongue for fear of

people in Spain, Italy, France, Belgium and Germany. In due course, the US joined some of the sanctions imposed by the Europeans. Under President Mohammad Khatami, Iran's terrorist operations in the West came to an end. However, most sanctions remained in place. The fourth set of sanctions was imposed by the

roughout broad reaches of the country. Nearby Mali has erupted into anarchy -- a situation ignited by regime change in Libya. The administration of George W. Bush decapitated the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq, an act that cost perhaps 200,000 Iraqi lives over a few short years, even as Saddam had directly ki

re an implicit deal between the United States and Iran. Iran and the United States have a record of dealing with each other behind the scenes; the Bush administration and the ayatollahs did likewise in Iraq even as they fought each other there. The Iranians, like the Americans, are already looking

ime change in Libya. The administration of George W. Bush decapitated the Saddam Hussein regime in Ir

Eurasia Group, insists. [The] Islamic Republic will still rake in an estimated $40 billion from oil this year. That's roughly twice as much as when Mohammad Khatami was president a decade ago." The only way sanctions against Iran make sense is not as policy, but politics. EFTA00712384 Since 2009, when the f

century: stemming and reversing the spread of weapons of mass EFTA_R1_02208393 EFTA02722903 destruction (WMD). Ironically, he is likely to echo George W. Bush's own UNGA speech of September 2002, which challenged the UN Security Council (UNSC) to prove its relevance in an age of WMD. On Syria, the presid

ceived unilateralism of his predecessor George W. Bush. Under Obama's new approach, military force woul

perceived unilateralism of his predecessor George W. Bush. Under Obama's new approach, military force

Ajami The National Interest Beware the Smiling Cleric Michael Miner The Guardian Iran: This time, the west must not turn its back on diplomacy Mohammad Khatami Article 6. The Washington Post Is Syria moving its chemical weapons? EFTA_R1_02208391 EFTA02722901 David Ignatius Articic 7. "tablet Magazi

were surely better than when he visited President George W. Bush at the White House in 2008. It was not without re

y better than when he visited President George W. Bush at the White House in 2008. It was not without re

the regime as a form of political coercion and intimidation. When the famously jocular reformist cleric Mohammad Ali Abtahi, former vice president to Mohammad Khatami, was imprisoned after Iran's contested 2009 presidential election, he surprised his supporters by confessing with great gusto to being part of a West