THE PROSPECT OF REGIME CHANGE IN THE MORNING DOES CONCENTRATE THE TYRANTS' MINDS:

Why US is now turning to diplomacy: After success with Libya and North Korea, the US is bringing its multilateral approach to Iran (Howard LaFranchi, 2/22/07, The Christian Science Monitor)

[I]t also suggests a growing sense within the White House that once-maligned multilateralism is getting results - on issues ranging from Iran to North Korea.

[A]fter a long campaign in Iraq, Iran's rise, and a nuclear test by North Korea, the US is putting new faith in diplomacy, hard bargaining, and multilateral action, he says. "It worked with Libya. It's working with North Korea. And it could work with Iran."