June 4, 2009

Iran the Elephant in the Mideast Room

Peter Brookes, China Post

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Obama's Iran policy has amounted to little more than rhetoric and wait-and-see diplomacy -- all while Tehran launches missiles and enriches uranium. If trends continue, a North Korean-style nuclear moment is in our future.

The Arab world is concerned not only about the prospect of nuclear-armed Iranian ballistic missiles but about how this could lead to Iranian hegemony in the Mideast.

Iran's recent deployment of warships to the Arabian Sea for supposed anti-piracy operations was a message heard loud and clear by Tehran's neighbors, especially rival Riyadh.

This trip gives Obama a bully pulpit, and he should make the most of it, pulling the Arabs together to deal with this common threat.

In fact, containing (or, even better, rolling back) the Iranian...

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TAGGED: Egypt, Barack Obama, Middle East, Iran

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