Obama: Iran Threatens Nuclear Non-Proliferation Compact

Like President Obama and most everyone else, I am a strong supporter of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation compact that - as Obama says - has "largely held for decades, keeping the world far safer and more secure." Unfortunately, what we've apparently got with Iran is a clear and blatant challenge to that compact, and to the entire world community. The question is, after 8 years of ineffective measures during the Bush administration, what are we doing to do now? Will the world community undertake serious, harsh economic sanctions against Iran, specifically a cutoff of gasoline supplies, which could rapidly bring the country's economy to a standstill? Will we start seeing military moves - e.g., aircraft carriers to the Gulf? - aimed at scaring Ahmedinejad, Khamenei et al? Bottomline: this situation appears to be coming to a head and the options all appear to bad ones. Damn.