Time to Test Iran

Most of the debate about Iran’s efforts to develop nuclear-weapons capacity focuses on two options: deterrence or preventive military action. But now a third option exists: negotiating a ceiling on the nuclear program that would not be too low for Iran’s government and not too high for the US, Israel, and the rest of the world.

NEW YORK – Most of the debate about how to address Iran’s efforts to develop nuclear-weapons capacity focuses on two options. The first is to rely on deterrence and live with an Iran that has a small nuclear arsenal or the ability to assemble one with little advance notice. The second is to launch a preventive military strike aimed at destroying critical parts of the Iranian program and setting back its progress by an estimated two or more years.

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