Has the West overplayed its hand with Iran?

Don't know. Story here.

Iran has seized 15 British naval soldiers and now has downgraded co-operation with the IAEA and refuses to stop uranium enrichment.

I thought the previous round of sanctions were beginning to have effect--Ahmadeinjad looked weaker. Now he looks stronger again. I think the deal should have been cut after the last round of sanctions. We'll see. The brinkmanship on both sides is clearly worrying.