(Weekly Standard) William Kristol - An unrepentant rogue state with a history of sponsoring terrorists seeks to develop weapons of mass destruction. The U.S. tries to work with European allies to deal with the problem peacefully. Eventually the reality of the threat becomes too obvious to be ignored. The only way diplomatic, political, and economic pressure has a chance to work over the next months is if various military options are kept on the table. President Bush and Condoleezza Rice are now speaking with new urgency, since the Iranian government is testing us, and its nuclear program could well be getting close to the point of no return. Our adversaries cannot be allowed to believe that, because some of the intelligence on Iraq was bad, or because the insurgency in Iraq has been difficult, we will be at all intimidated from taking the necessary steps against the current regime in Tehran.
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