Iran’s Less-is-More Nuclear Policy
The recent US intelligence estimate on Iran's nuclear weapons program reduces the risk that America will attempt military intervention. But, with Iran having already mastered the hardest part of building a bomb while suspending only the final, easy steps, the Bush administration's aggressive proclivities have been headed off at the cost of leaving a gaping policy vacuum.
NEW YORK – The recent United States National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), which reports that Iran once had a “nuclear weapons program” but suspended it in 2003, means that there will probably be no American attack on Iran during the Bush administration. How could America’s president explain to the world why he was bombing nuclear weapon facilities that his own intelligence services have said do not exist?
NEW YORK – The recent United States National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), which reports that Iran once had a “nuclear weapons program” but suspended it in 2003, means that there will probably be no American attack on Iran during the Bush administration. How could America’s president explain to the world why he was bombing nuclear weapon facilities that his own intelligence services have said do not exist?