Why D.C. should not miss the opportunity Rouhani may bring

Why D.C. should not miss the opportunity Rouhani may bring

By Trita Parsi
June 28, 2013
Reuters Opinion
http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2013/06/28/why-d-c-is-wrong-to-discredit-irans-new-president/ 

America finds itself exactly where Iran was four years ago. Back then, America had just elected a new, articulate president who offered hope and promised a new approach to the world and Iran. His election was a direct rejection of the foreign policy of his predecessor, President George W. Bush, whose favorite tools of statecraft appeared to be military force and confrontational rhetoric.