Obama Confronts Iran

A new Iranian nuclear facility was discovered by intelligence, allegedly several months ago. Iran claims it is for energy, i.e. non military usage.

In the months since he has known about the new facility, Obama has orchestrated a coherent international response. All the major powers are on board. All of this occurred behind the scenes because we, the public, only learned about it on Friday.

We are not reading the conflagrant insistence on war that the Bush neo-con crowd used to maintain the fear level in the country. At least that is good.

However, the prospect for war is mentioned. What a mess that would be.

McClatchy: Obama wins praise for orchestrating response to Iran

How long Obama will keep negotiating, and whether there's some point at which he'd stop talking and take military action against Iran's nuclear facilities, however, is unknown.

All along, he appears to have been working to assemble a unified international response to Iran, including not just close allies such as Britain and France but also major powers such as China and Russia that have been reluctant to support tough sanctions against Iran.