Re: Iran's Response

Though on the face of it it doesn't seem wise to give Iran the benefit of the doubt on just about anything, I'm not sure I'm as worried about Iran's feet-dragging as Peter is. As Matt notes,

Iran is years from a nuclear weapon. Their program is a serious issue, but not an urgent one in the sense that it makes a big difference whether we solve it in July or December or even next August. If they want a month, let them have a month. The Bush administration's "reject proposal out of hand without considering whether you might be making a huge mistake" approach to the delicate subject of US-Iranian relations isn't a great model to follow. Their much-vaunted deal with Libya, meanwhile, took years of diplomatic work across two administrations to cement. Some wheels turn a bit slowly. That's life.