Americans Favor Diplomacy Over Military Action On Iran By Almost 4 to 1 -- Stewart M. Patrick, The AtlanticOpinion polls also find that only 8 percent of Americans are willing to accept a nuclear Iran.
The Obama administration hoped the specter of an oil embargo and increasingly stringent banking sanctions would finally force Iran to come clean on its clandestine nuclear program and end its enrichment activities. No such luck. After the third round of P5+1 negotiations in Moscow ended last month in a stalemate, the White House and Congress are competing to isolate the intransigent Iranian government.
Last Thursday, the U.S. Treasury Department moved to close holes in the Iran sanctions regime, blacklisting more than a dozen front companies and four individuals that are helping Tehran evade U.S. and European Union (EU) restrictions on its oil exports, and placing twenty Iranian financial institutions on a watch list.
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My Comment: I understand this sentiment ..... after a decade of war there is now a wariness in the U.S. to pursue another war of choice .... especially a war against Iran. Unfortunately, the Iranian government is also aware of this sentiment, and are using this information to not compromise on their enrichment program.
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