Leverage

Today we witness this headline, a story by Mort Kondracke (ex editor of Roll Call) - "Drop War Talk, Cut Off Iran’s Gasoline Mark Kirk Urges." Kirk, a congressman from Illinois has championed the very same tool we have highlighted for months. "Ahmadinejad’s nuclear program is very popular," Kirk said, "but his domestic program is not. The moment the average guy starts to have problems running his business or getting to work, Ahmadinejad is going to have real political problems."

We cannot say it enough - let the Iranian masses act as a proxy for US policy. Is this a tough concept?