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On the same day Reuters reported Iran may be capable of arming a missile capable of hitting the U.S. by 2015, The Washington Post’s editorial board has declared the Obama Administration completely “Confused On Iran”:

[T]he public signs of the administration's squishiness about military options are worrisome because of the lack of progress on its two-track strategy of offering negotiations and threatening sanctions. A year-long attempt at engagement failed; now the push for sanctions is proceeding at a snail's pace.

Though President Obama claims all options are on the table when it comes to dealing with Iran, the paths left open to the administration continue to dwindle.  As the editorial board goes on to note, “the administration has so far shrunk from supporting sanctions, such as a gasoline embargo, that might heighten popular anger against the regime.”  Even using the military option as an intimidation tactic seems to be off the table.

With the growing specter of a nuclear Iran, it is time the Obama administration make a sober assessment of the situation in order to ensure our national security as well as the interests of our allies in the region.  But that step would require Obama and his foreign policy team admitting that their naïve strategy of engagement has failed.