Thursday, January 05, 2012

A Bold Move (for January 2002)

Just in the nick of too late, the EU acts to show resolve against Iran:

European governments have agreed in principle to ban imports of Iranian oil, EU diplomats said on Wednesday, dealing a blow to Tehran that crowns new Western sanctions months before an Iranian election.

If Iran is close to going nuclear, they'll endure whatever they need to endure to get nukes. If Iran was looking at a decade or more of this, it would have had a much better chance of succeeding.

And note the decision is "in principle." In practice, who knows what they'll actually ban.