Top US Experts Blast Obama For 'Delusion' Of Iranian Regime Change

Berlin, June 27, IRNA -- Two prominent US experts on the Middle East lashed out at the Obama administration for its 'delusion' of a regime change in Iran. Writing for Tuesday's edition of the Berlin-based daily Tageszeitung (taz), Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett warned that the ongoing hostile US policy vis-a-vis Iran would ultimately lead to a dead-end. 'America’s Iran policy remains stuck in a delusion similar to the one that warped its China policy for two decades after China’s revolutionaries took power in 1949 — that Washington could somehow isolate, strangle, and ultimately bring down a political order created through mass mobilization and dedicated to restoring national independence after a long period of Western domination.' 'It didn’t work in the Chinese case and it’s not likely to in Iran either. In one of the most consequential initiatives in American diplomatic history, President (Richard) Nixon and Henry Kissinger finally accepted this reality and aligned Washington’s China policy with reality. Unfortunately, Washington’s Iran policy has not had its Nixonian moment yet, and so successive U.S. administrations — including Obama’s — persist in folly,' both experts added. They openly accused the Obama government of 'playing for time on the Iranian nuclear issue.' 'Since talks with Iran over its nuclear development started up again in April, U.S. officials have repeatedly warned that Tehran will not be allowed to 'play for time' in the negotiations. In fact, it is the Obama administration that is playing for time.' In reality, the Obama government administration is 'buying time' for a more pernicious agenda,' namely time for covert action to sabotage Tehran’s nuclear program and time for sanctions to set the stage for regime change in Iran, they pointed out. Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett run also the Race for Iran blog./end