Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, speaks at a September commemoration of the Iran-Iraq War. Raheb Homavandi / Reuters-Landov The Force Needed To Contain Iran -- James M. Lindsay and Ray Takeyh, Washington Post
As Iran relentlessly moves toward acquiring a nuclear weapons capability, calls will grow for the United States to think seriously about how to contain Tehran. A preventive attack will not work, some will argue, and could unleash a wave of terrorism that would further imperil Iraq and Afghanistan. Conversely, containment will be held up as a way to deter Tehran without having to resort to military force.
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