ARTICLE: Iran bullish ahead of nuclear talks, By Kaveh L Afrasiabi, Asia Times Online, Sep 18, 2009

A very well articulated and argued presentation of my current gut feeling on these talks. I sense Team Obama goes through the motions because it knows it has a losing hand.

Of course, the sanctions crowd will argue we've only begun to sanction! But the only time sanctions really work is when observation is near universal, and we know that won't be the cast, even if the "entire" West is on board.

(Via WPR Media Review)