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Time for U.S. and EU Iran Sanctions Push
[Jerusalem Post] Editorial - The time for polite diplomatic exertions in response to the looming Iranian threat is long past. Direct contact with Iran is not intrinsically problematic; indeed, it can be central in conveying the urgency of Iranian compliance with its obligations in halting its nuclear drive, and emphasizing the costs of failing to do so; the problem, rather, is that the diplomatic community has proved itself woefully incapable of addressing the threat with the necessary seriousness. Nothing has been done so far to give the Iranian regime a compelling reason or interest to stop its relentless push for the bomb. Yet it must be stopped. Hope now rests with the U.S. and the EU to act swiftly, decisively and independently to ratchet up their own sanctions efforts, and to apply their own severe pressures. With French President Nicolas Sarkozy as EU president, now is the time.