[Financial Times-UK] Gideon Rachman - Gary Samore, who will handle the non-proliferation job in the Obama White House, noted in a speech in Israel on Dec. 18 that Iran's leadership "probably value the acquisition of a nuclear weapons capability much more than better relations with the U.S." "We have to be realistic, and stopping Iran at this point is going to be a very difficult challenge," he said. So the U.S. should set a deadline for the suspension of enrichment. The initial deal should trade suspension of enrichment for suspension of sanctions. The latest news from Iran suggests that the Iranians could produce material for a single bomb within months - although that would require a very public and detectable reconfiguration of their nuclear facilities. It is time for the Obama administration to launch a last big push to head off the Iranian bomb - and for the rest of the world to line up in support of that effort.
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