The Inertia Option
I don’t know how long this situation can endure. Anyone who claims to be able to tell the Iranian future is lying. But it seems clear that the “political clock” has now outpaced the “nuclear clock.”Obama, himself of hybrid identity, must show his understanding of this historic urge by doing nothing. That will allow the Iranian political clock to tick faster still.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/opinion/18iht-edcohen.html?_r=1&th=&emc=th&pagewanted=print
Roger Cohen column in New York Times 18 December 2009



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