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Questions for the U.S. about Iran
(New Republic) Reuel Marc Gerecht - What are we willing to do to stop Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his Revolutionary Guards from having nuclear weapons? Are we willing to get damn serious about sanctions? Go to the mat with the Chinese, Russians, Turks, Venezuelans, and Swiss who try to augment their trade with the Islamic Republic? Are we willing to start talking about an oil embargo? Are we willing, finally, to support those Iranian democratic dissidents who've quietly asked for our assistance? Start the hard and dangerous work that's necessary to support dissidents in a denied area where transgressions will get them raped or killed? Are we willing to credibly threaten the use of force against Khamenei if he does not stop the nuclear program? The writer is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.