This is the backdrop of the New York Times Week in Review article. Titled 'The Larger Game in the Middle East: Iran', it casts a penetrating gaze into the framework of decision making in the Obama White House. David E. Sanger reports "Libya is a sideshow. Containing Iran’s power remains their central goal in the Middle East. Every decision — from Libya to Yemen to Bahrain to Syria — is being examined under the prism of how it will affect what was, until mid-January, the dominating calculus in the Obama administration’s regional strategy: how to slow Iran’s nuclear progress, and speed the arrival of opportunities for a successful uprising there."
The Iran connection
The Iran connection
The Iran connection
This is the backdrop of the New York Times Week in Review article. Titled 'The Larger Game in the Middle East: Iran', it casts a penetrating gaze into the framework of decision making in the Obama White House. David E. Sanger reports "Libya is a sideshow. Containing Iran’s power remains their central goal in the Middle East. Every decision — from Libya to Yemen to Bahrain to Syria — is being examined under the prism of how it will affect what was, until mid-January, the dominating calculus in the Obama administration’s regional strategy: how to slow Iran’s nuclear progress, and speed the arrival of opportunities for a successful uprising there."