I'm surprised it took them this long to file the story. Maybe Brzezinski has really sloppy handwriting:

But there is no question a new dynamic is afoot, one that seems likely to become even more complicated after today's election in Israel is settled. If the government that emerges is even more determined to end the Iranian nuclear program by any means necessary, Mr. Obama may find himself trying to negotiate with one of America's most determined adversaries while restraining one of its closest allies. "I could draw you a scenario in which this new combination of players leads to the first real talks with Iran in three decades," one of the key players on the issue for President Obama said last week, declining to speak on the record because the new administration has not even named its team, much less its strategy. "And I could draw you one in which the first big foreign crisis of the Obama presidency is a really nasty confrontation, either because the Israelis strike or because we won't let them."... It's almost inconceivable, some of Mr. Obama's aides acknowledge, that the Iranians will be willing to give up everything needed to produce a weapon. And it is hard to imagine that the Israelis will settle for anything less.

Nice to see that "hovering around the CSIS watercooler" is now a sufficient qualification for "being a key player" in the Obama administration. I don't mind that they're making the argument. It's true, after all, that the Israelis will be unhappy when Obama's delusions about how Bush didn't try diplomacy allow Iran to run out the clock. What's obnoxious is the air of consideration and expertise - as if this hasn't been the utterly predictable Walt and Mearsheimer-esque line since before the election.

Although - again - the Israelis genuinely will be pretty pissed. And the Obama administration really is doing everything possible to allow Iran to run out the clock. So might as well dust off the story, print it up, and get back to making aggressively stupid Obama-Lincoln comparisons.

References:
* On Washington - Iranian Overture Might Complicate Relations With Israel [NYT]
* Brzezinski: Israeli Campaign Against Iran Will Detonate US-Israel Relations [MR]
* Confirmed: Obama Surrogates Were Negotiating With Iran And Syria During Election (Plus: Results Thus Far A Little Short Of Spectacular) (UPDATE: Just How Many Delegations Did Obama Send To Assad?) [MR]
* Obama Figures Out The Real Problem With Iranian Nuclearization (Plus: Obama's Foreign Policy Kneejerks Provide Excellent Illustration Of Exactly How He'd Screw Israel) [MR]
* Olmert says no Israeli government would let Iran get nukes [Reuters]
* Biden Threatens Iran (Kidding) [LGF]
* Historians: Lincoln might have supported the stimulus, or something [Hot Air]

Previously:
* State Dept Rushing To Apologize To Iran
* Iran: Surprise, We've Got Working Ballistic Missiles [Video]
* Iran: Yes, We've Got a Working Nuclear Reactor. No, We Won't Meet With Obama To Talk About It.