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Source: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/is-help-still-on-the-way-for-iranian-protesters-5b3a1cf7
Is Help Still on the Way for Iranian Protesters?
(Wall Street Journal) Bernard-Henri Levy - Should there even be a deal with Iran? Is it reasonable to "deal" with men who killed 30,000 of their own compatriots in two days and who threaten, should demonstrations resume, to kill tens of thousands more? Can one settle for sanctions, pressure, and concessions wrung out and immediately circumvented, when one knows that Russia has long since found ways to flood Tehran and its proxies with the resources they need to continue their enterprise of destruction? Is any compromise possible with fanatics who proclaim that they prefer the apocalypse to defeat? I hope the American administration understands this. I hope it has grasped that the era of containment is over, that deterrence doesn't work against a state that has made internal terror, regional destabilization, and the end of the world both a mode of governance and a program. The time for regime change has come. The writer is a philosopher and author of more than 45 books.