Obama's hypocrisy on Iran...?

It was brought up in a class of mine that Obama was being hypocritical in his recent SOTU speech. A student in my International Security class mentioned that Obama had stated that “all options are on the table” when dealing with the threat of a nuclear Iran. Another student stated that the sentence right after that (I didn’t watch as I have a ridiculous amount to reading to do) was that “…the United States is still open to engagement with the Iranian regime.” The discussion then revolved around Obama’s supposed hypocrisy, Mearsheimer’s Offensive Realism, and the difference between what politicians say and what politicians do (particularly in the US).

The 20 Percent Solution - By Olli Heinonen | Foreign Policy

The 20 Percent Solution - By Olli Heinonen | Foreign Policy: "What has raised the world's suspicions is that Iran continues to produce 20 percent enriched uranium despite the fact that this exceeds its civilian needs and, as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad acknowledged in September, does not make economic sense."

It comes down to capability and motivation. If you shroud your capability in secrecy, we will assume the worst in terms of motivation. Viewed in this context, Iran could sign 50 NPTs and it wouldn't really help...

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