Goal of Iran sanctions is regime collapse, U.S. official says

Washington Post ^ | Tuesday, January 10, 9:22 PM

[maquiladora]

The goal of U.S. and other sanctions against Iran is regime collapse, a senior U.S. intelligence official said, offering the clearest indication yet that the Obama administration is at least as intent on unseating Iran’s government as it is on engaging with it.

The official, speaking this week on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence matters, said the administration hopes that sanctions “create enough hate and discontent at the street level” that Iranians will turn against their government.

[molson209]

a senior U.S. intelligence official

that can’t keep a secret and not very intelligent

[boomop1]

This is not the Reagan administration, he would have had it settled after the first ultimatum was given.

[TheBattman]

What happened to Obammy’s pledget to restore friendly relations with Iran through sitting down at the table with no presuppositions or conditions?

[Truth29]

We had a chance to do this during the Green Revolution and Obama ignored the street protests and tacitly supported the regime. There were even signs along the lines of "Obama, where are you.”

[dools0007world]

Hey this is brilliant. We’ve seen economic sanctions work numerous times in the past—haven’t we? Aren’t sanctions what toppled Saddam, the Taliban government in Afghanistan, Quadaffi, Noriega the Korean dictators and Japan (WWII)? No? What did I miss?

[TheOldLady]

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[elhombrelibre]

Possibly too little too late, however.

[GOPJ]

If only regime change was so easy...

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks maquiladora.

"Hey, we don't claim that this approach will *work*, just that, from a public perspective, that's what we want people to believe. This will continue until Iran's mullahs have nuclear weapons, after which we'll be meeting eye to eye with them, the same way we've been negotiating a peaceful resolution to the Afghan conflict with the Taliban."

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