Even A Failed Israeli Strike On Iran May Be Better Than None At All -- Defpro
All the auguries are pointing in the same direction: an Israeli air strike on Iran is coming. As suggested in two strategically placed recent articles, one in The New York Times and the other in The Washington Post, time is running out for a peaceful solution to this crisis. Tel Aviv’s “red line” is the point at which Iran’s protective measures will make it impossible for Israel to inflict serious damage on that country’s nuclear weapons infrastructure. Even if the Obama Administration is correct in claiming that Iran is several years away from acquiring the fissile material and components to construct a nuclear weapon, this may be irrelevant. Iran will have all the time in the world. Once Iran’s nuclear infrastructure is rendered bomb proof then the world’s only recourse will be sanctions. However, the lesson of a decade of sanctions on Iraq following Desert Storm is that they alone cannot stop a totalitarian government from pursuing even the most self-destructive policies.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Israel's Human Calculus in the Equation to Attack Iran -- P.J. Demer, Huffington Post
Silver Lining in an Iran-Israel War? -- Leon Hadar, Real Clear World
What Happens if Israel Attacks Iran -- Jonathan R. Laing, Barrons
Can Iran and America be friends? -- Amir, CNN
Syrian crisis and the familiar rumblings of a cold war -- Patrick Seale, Gulf News
Syria is not Iraq. And it is not always wrong to intervene -- Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian
Egypt’s Never-Ending Revolution -- Steven A. Cook, New York Times
Arab Spring or Islamist Winter? -- David Schenker, World Affairs
Afghanistan: A Loss We Can Live With -- James Traub, Foreign Policy
Myanmar’s startling changes -- The Economist
U.S.-India Ties: Pivot Problems -- David J. Karl, Diplomat
Trouble in the Maldives: Will Islamists Take Over Paradise? -- Ishaan Tharoor, Time
A New Generation Aims to Revitalize Russia -- Benjamin Bidder, Spiegel Online
The Realist Prism: Resetting the U.S.-Russia Reset -- Nikolas Gvosdev, World Politics Review
Greece and the euro: the crisis continues -- The Guardian editorial
Don’t throw veterans an Iraq victory parade -- Colby Buzzell, Washington Post
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