Stratfor Video: "Iranian Elections, Israel and the United States"
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Based on everything I've read, I strongly disagree with Stratfor's unequivocal conclusion that the Iranian elections were "relatively fair." Other than that, I find Stratfor's analysis to be right on the money and well worth listening to.
Bottom line #1: We have "very few good options" regarding Iran. Bottom line #2: Netanyahu's speech "did shift his policy dramatically" (away from "land for peace" and "into conflict with what Barack Obama wants"). Bottom line #3: Obama can now "create a crisis with Israel that repositions him in the Islamic world and also places tremendous pressure on Netanyahu...to roll the peace process forward."
