(CNN) Timothy Stanley - The Iran nuclear deal amounted to bribing Iran to suspend its nuclear program, which is like feeding a wild animal scraps of meat to dissuade it from biting you. The deal moved toward the regularization of a pariah state. The problem is that Iran's regime is not regular. Since the deal was signed, Iran has hugely expanded its power within the region. Indeed, a country's attitude toward the Iran deal depends in part on its proximity to Iran. Israel, for instance, cannot tolerate its neighbors being turned into military colonies of a hostile foreign power. The writer is a historian and columnist for Britain's Daily Telegraph.
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