Iran deal was not about Iran 10/24/2017 7:40:33 PM   facebook Google+ ► Print President Trump arrives to deliver a statement on the Iran strategy, in the Diplomatic Reception room on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2017 Trump's new strategy for confronting Iran offers a modicum of hope that the United States will stop kicking the can down the road in the Persian Gulf. A better policy doesn’t start with sanctions. It starts with rejecting Obama’s core assumption: that Iran is a useful regional partner for the U.S. Unless the Trump Administration rejects the assumption underlying the deal, decertifying the deal won’t do much more than give the can another kick down the road. The Heritage Foundation, Oct 24th, 2017  - President Donald Trump’s announcement of a new strategy for confronting Iran offers a modicum of hope that the United States will stop kicking the can down the road in the Persian Gulf. But to do that, we have to recognize the point of t...