PARIS - On her recent visit to the Gulf, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton openly stated a fact that is finally becoming clear to outsiders: Iran is moving toward military dictatorship. However, her proposed solution - imposing hard sanctions aimed at weakening Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and their Revolutionary Guard allies - will have the opposite effect: It will strengthen them. In the name of promoting democracy, the U.S. government will in fact be throwing a life...
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