“Through rejection of the multiple mechanisms built into resolution 2231 for addressing issues of United States and regional security, we miss opportunities to join the multilateral actions that are effective and building new ones that might be. We forgo the desire of our historic allies that we use the Security Council as a launching pad for hard nosed, sustained, and direct diplomatic engagement with Iran. As in February 2003, we willfully and wrongly believe our security will be won only from maximum sanctions that fail and the seemingly inevitable use of military force.”
