U.S. Role

U.S. & Iran
"The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on Sunday told an influential pro-Israel lobbying group there is an urgent need to confront Iran's 'clear and unrelenting drive' for a nuclear weapons program," according to the Associated Press (Newsday - Bolton: World Must Confront Iran). In "Dubious Assumptions about Iran," Ted Galen Carpenter, Cato Institute's vice president for defense and foreign policy studies, writes:

A consensus is gradually emerging in the United States that Washington and its allies must take whatever action is necessary to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power. Various options are advocated, from U.N.-mandated economic sanctions to air strikes on suspected nuclear installations to active subversion of the mullah-controlled regime in Tehran.

I wonder why the old MAD doctrine of nuclear deterrence is no longer an option?

posted by Joel @ 1:53 PM