Maybe the EUrostanis will propose a new oil-for-food program to run for the next decade once sanctions (wink-wink, nudge-nudge) are put into effect. That should leave the mullahs and the nEUnazi's happy and enriched for some time.
We are in agreement here. I think they just get "involved" to make the deals under the table..all the while pointing to the "that REALLY bad guy" GW of the west to solidify the fear factor.
France reminds me of a corrupt mother who can not control her children on her own and threatens "You just wait until daddy gets home".