Shoshana Bryen Quoted in Jewish Week (NY) on U.S. Elections and Iran policy, 11/9/2010
Could Election Change Iran Calculus?
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
James D. Besser
Washington Correspondent
President Barack Obama’s mounting political woes after last week’s “shellacking” in midterm congressional elections may indirectly lead to greater U.S. flexibility on the issue of Israeli military action to stop its nuclear program.
Could Election Change Iran Calculus?
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
James D. Besser
Washington Correspondent
President Barack Obama’s mounting political woes after last week’s “shellacking” in midterm congressional elections may indirectly lead to greater U.S. flexibility on the issue of Israeli military action to stop its nuclear program.
Some analysts say an administration committed to stopping Iran from going nuclear — but whose options may be even more limited after a big Republican victory based heavily on voters’ economic anxieties — may choose to let Israel take care of the problem.