Obama to set nuclear deadline for Iran - Russian analyst

[Kshasty]

A Russian analyst has said that the U.S. and other Western states were likely to set a deadline for Iran to address growing concerns over its nuclear program.

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said on Monday that "time is running out for Iran" to show the international community its readiness to continue a dialogue on its nuclear program.

"I think Obama will set a deadline for Iran," Vladimir Sazhin, senior researcher at the Academy of Sciences' Institute of Oriental Studies, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

"If I'm not wrong, French president Nicolas Sarkozy said the deadline is New Year's Eve. So, I don't think there will be any radical decisions on this issue before the New Year," the Russian analyst said.

"I believe that Iranians are probably worried by the current situation more than they were two years ago," Sazhin said. "They have also been alarmed by what Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on this issue, that tougher sanctions could be approved against Iran."

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20091202/157066404.html

[yellowwood]

1. Are you kidding?

Now that we're kneedeep in Afghanistan, we have money left over to have a war with Iran?

[AllentownJake]

2. Iran knows there is nothing the west can do

Their economies are all fragile and any embargo on Iran will hurt the west more than it would hurt Iran, also they know that the west has limited military intervention power.

Essentially Iran knows it can get away with a shit load of crazy right now, and will.