December 21, 2011 | Quote
Catch-22 for Sanctions on Iran
Mark Dubowitz, executive director of hawkish Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, told NPR that Europe has even tougher choices to make in the wake of Gazprom's decision to cut European gas through Ukraine in 2009.
“Either Europe remains dependent on Russia for its natural gas and faces a situation like it did with the dispute between Russia and the Ukraine, or Europe becomes more and more dependent on Iran,” he said.