Europe Resists U.S. Push to Curb Iran Ties reads the headline.
European governments are resisting Bush administration demands that they curtail support for exports to Iran and that they block transactions and freeze assets of some Iranian companies, officials on both sides say. The resistance threatens to open a new rift between Europe and the United States over Iran.
Administration officials say a new American drive to reduce exports to Iran and cut off its financial transactions is intended to further isolate Iran commercially amid the first signs that global pressure has hurt Iran’s oil production and its economy. There are also reports of rising political dissent in Iran.
I'm thinking that we should start applying that favorite strategy from childhood: reverse psychology. Let's just tell the Europeans that we love Iran and we fully support their mullahocracy. That will make the Europeans shun them for sure!
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