For those still following the Obama-Netanyhu match, The Jewish Daily Forward offers this calm assessment:"More important, Obama was able to shape the public conversation by articulating a strategy both nuanced and bold, one that builds on the current success of economic sanctions and international pressure to further weaken and isolate Iran, while holding a military option over the heads of the Islamic regime like a deadly anvil. As commander-in-chief, he must balance the scant American appetite for a third war in a Muslim country with the imperative to keep not just Israel, not just the Middle East, but the world safe from a dangerous nation flirting with the apocalypse. He and Netanyahu dont have to be best friends to understand each other." Forward

Margaret O’Brien Steinfels is a former editor of Commonweal. 

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