We’re at a dangerous moment right now. The Iranians need to understand in the most precise manner possible what the consequences of their various attempts at saber-rattling will be. They need to understand just exactly what sort of concessions they will have to make to get negotiations started. As David Ignatius writes, there is a need for a direct back-channel between the US and Iran. For our part, we need to be able to directly reassure the Iranians that we had nothing to do with the assassination of the Iranian nuclear scientist–and that our bright line in the current confrontation is violence against Iranian citizens. (One wonders about the content of yesterday’s phone call between President Obama and Bibi Netanyahu.)
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