they view not only through the sunni/shia prism but also a nuclear iran as a threat to the entire region and there likely would be a nuclear arms race. you basically have a situation where every american ally in the middle east thinks obama is being naive. and obama s response to that is look, do you want the middle east to have a nuclear arms race or not? this is it s not emotionally satisfying, viscerally satisfying but i m your best shot at getting iran to denuclearize or a year away from being a nuclear power. but again it s a very very hard sale in a region where iran is making so much mischief. kareem, one of the other issues is the credibility of the israeli prime minister because as has been pointed out by progressive publications and also president obama, past things netanyahu has said about iran s nuclear program beingism intent weeks away months away have not come true. for 20 years, jake netanyahu