He floats it as a trial balloon, knowing the Iranians will reject it.
"He floats it as a trial balloon, knowing the Iranians will reject it."
It seems after reading an article posted on FR all I have to do is scroll down a few posts to find what I was about to type!
Exactly. The Iranians have to reject it. They're not interested in enriching uranium for energy purposes. The Russians get to feel like they're doing something constructive to head this off, and the President can have Iran essentially admit it's not trying to supplant its energy supplies, but build nuclear weapons.