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Weighing the Arguments for an Iran Deal
(Wall Street Journal) Bret Stephens - Iranian President Hasan Rouhani, a supposed reformer, spent last Friday marching prominently in the regime's yearly "Death to America, Death to Israel" parade. If there is evidence of an Iranian trend toward moderation it behooves proponents of a deal to show it. It's true that nobody wants war. But a deal that gives Iran the right to enrich unlimited quantities of uranium after a decade or so would leave a future president no option other than war to stop Iran from building dozens of bombs. And a deal that does nothing to stop Iran's development of ballistic missiles would allow them to put one of those bombs atop one of those missiles. Maybe we'll get lucky. Maybe Iran will change for the better after Khamenei passes from the scene. Maybe international monitors will succeed with Iran where they failed with North Korea. Or maybe we won't be lucky.