Obama plays Risk

The daily Süddeutsche Zeitung discusses the attitude of the G8 summit participants to Iran: "That the Kremlin, until now almost Iran's protector, now complains not only in diplomatic circles about Iran's obstinacy and refrains from watering down a sharply critical summit declaration is a clear signal to Tehran. Nevertheless Obama is running a high risk. ... Tehran has long been using resistance to the West over nuclear issues to close the ranks domestically. Obama may in addition be happy about having Medvedev's support, but without China there will be no decisive new sanctions. ... If the course of reconciliation misses its target, Obama will have to opt for a strict isolation policy at the very least. Iran will then unleash its destabilising powers not only in Lebanon, but in Iraq and the Palestinian Territories as well. If the world fails to stand up to Iran as one, Obama's entire Middle East policy runs the risk of failure."

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