What If Iran Gets The Bomb? -- Doyle McManus, L.A. Times
Many now argue that containment, not a military strike, is the best way to deal with Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
'It is not this calendar year" that the world will face a nuclear-capable Iran, Army Gen. David H. Petraeus told a Senate committee last week. He was being conservative: Most experts now estimate that Iran needs about 18 months to complete a nuclear device and a missile to carry it.
Iran's march toward nuclear weapons has been slowed by several factors: technical bottlenecks, the exposure of secret facilities and equipment breakdowns (sometimes thanks to flaws baked into equipment by Western intelligence agencies).
But progress toward the bomb hasn't been stopped -- not by sanctions, negotiations or domestic unrest.
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