February 29, 2012 | Quote
US Skips Chance to Hit Foreign Firms with New Iran Penalties Before High-Stakes Israel Meeting
Mark Dubowitz, a sanctions expert advising the administration on Iran, said announcing more penalties Wednesday would have sent a message that the administration was serious about sanctions enforcement.
“I think it would have been wise to have welcomed the prime minister with a show of force on the economic warfare front and to have imposed a meaningful and consequential sanction in anticipation of what will be a difficult meeting,” Dubowitz said of the meeting between Obama and Netanyahu.