How the U.S.-Iran Standoff Looks From Iran: Hossein Mousavian

Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The past six U.S. presidents haveemployed a policy of sanctions, containment and deterrenceagainst Iran. Earlier in his tenure, President Barack Obamatried to change course by offering instead to engage, stressing“diplomacy without preconditions.” Two years later, however, thetalk in Washington is of an inevitable coming war.

This is entirely the wrong direction for the U.S. to betaking. The consequences of a military strike on Iran would becatastrophic for the U.S., Iran and Israel.