(Daily Beast) Leslie H. Gelb - No one has a magic bullet for the Iran puzzle. What can be done is to work very closely with our Arab friends in the Gulf to strengthen them in the face of increasing Iranian pressure. This would include efforts to bolster the legitimacy of friendly regional governments plus very public upgrades of U.S. capabilities to defend them, as the Obama administration is doing with missile defenses. It also means proceeding with sanctions against the Revolutionary Guard. It entails continuing to try to sabotage Iran's uranium-enrichment and other nuclear programs as well. Finally, it also means preserving present negotiating proposals, but not pushing them. The writer is president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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