Positive Strategic Steps...

I have not read a single article prior to this one, let alone heard anything remotely along the line of praise, for how the Bush Administration is strategically creating and closing a noose around the necks of Iran, slowly, hopefully forcing them to adopt a more prudent position to avoid a terrible military confrontation. Instead, like today's New York Times, most papers choose to lead with three negative articles about Iraq. I wonder if they are paid by the mullah's in cash or oil.

Of all papers, here's an article that actually mentions some of the effective work from the Bush Administration with respect to Iran matter.

U.S. puts squeeze on Iran's oil fields - A campaign to dry up financing for projects poses a threat to Tehran's ability to maintain exports, analysts say. By Kim Murphy, Times Staff Writer12:18 AM PST, January 7, 2007.

LONDON — As Washington wages a very public battle against Iran's quest for nuclear power, it is quietly gaining ground on another energy front: the oil fields that are the Islamic Republic's lifeblood.Iran's oil industry has raked in record amounts of cash during three years of high oil prices. But a new U.S. campaign to dry up financing for oil and natural gas development poses a threat to the republic's ability to continue exporting oil over the next two decades, many analysts say.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iranoil7jan07,0,4572971.story?coll=la-home-headlines