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President Obama and Iran
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File
A few months ago, President Barack Obama looked like he could claim 2012 bragging rights as a deft foreign policy leader.
Iran threatens to change all that.
The possibility of an Israeli military strike aimed at Iran’s nuclear program could turn into the most complex foreign policy challenge of Obama’s presidency, overshadowing a string of national security successes: the winding down of the Iraq War, the killing of Al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden and the pursuit of an aggressive armed drone campaign that killed terrorism promoter Anwar al-Awlaki.
That is no small list of achievements. But an Israeli strike on Iran could unleash dangerous and unpredictable consequences, including the possibility of broader war in the Middle East, Iranian retaliation against the U.S.