Iran
President Ahmadinejad is reported to have said that he is willing to move from confrontation to cooperation over nuclear fuel. This is very welcome news. It is a success for the Obama administration’s decision to give diplomacy the lead role in this divisive issue. The doves will see it as vindication. So may the hawks. Netanyahu and John Bolton will hail it a victory for standing firm. As with all diplomacy there will be something for each to clutch at. What is needed now is more fodder for the dove than less for the hawk. The latter’s road to Armageddon is not a good one to tread.