The Unthinkable Option

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Author(s) Roger Cohen
Source The New York Times
Date February 4, 2009
URL http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/05/opinion/05cohen.html
Quote
Quotes-start.png "But only Obama can overcome the gridlock. He must break with the Bush years in more than words. That requires a solemn declaration that the United States recognizes and no longer seeks to destabilize the Islamic Republic — an implicit renunciation of force. A threat, in Iranian eyes, can only come from a domineering power, the very U.S. attitude this country cannot abide." Quotes-end.png


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