The intransigent position that the US has taken by asking that Iran ultimately dismantle its sensitive enrichment equipment may not change with an Obama or McCain administration. McCain’s advisors, Max Boot and William Kristol, are the most hawkish neocons supporters of Israel. They would never agree to any indigenous enrichment on Iranian soil. On the other hand, Obama is being guided by people like Dennis Ross, a neoliberal, with strong anti-Iranian views, which are not much different from those of McCain foreign policy advisors when it comes to Iran’s right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes.
Therefore, 2009 promises to be a critical year in terms of whether the current cold war between the US and Iran may become a full fledged conflagration that will severely impact regional security issues.
[1] http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0806/p03s03-usfp.html
[2] http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran4-2008aug04,0,2845838.story
[3] http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh(Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).
