President Obama's New Year's deadline for Iran to accept an enrichment deal that would transfer most of their uranium stockpile to a third country for final processing has come and gone. But that hasn't stopped our milquetoast president from giving the thugs in Tehran one more chance.David Sanger and William Broad writing in the New York Times:As President Obama faces pressure to back up his year-end ultimatum for diplomatic progress with Iran, the administration says that domestic unrest and signs of unexpected trouble in Tehran's nuclear program make its leaders particularly vulnerable to strong and immediate new sanctions.The long-discussed sanctions would initiate the latest phase in a strategy to force Iran to comply with United Nations demands to halt production of nuclear fuel. It comes as the administration has completed a fresh review of Iran's nuclear progress. In interviews, Mr. Obama's strategists said that while Iran's top political and military leaders remained...(Read Full Post)