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Obama's Last Chance Before Israel Bombs Iran


(Daily Beast) Benny Morris - The tragedy in all this is that the international community failed to impose severe sanctions against Iran back in 2000 or 2005. Then, the cumulative effect of several years of such sanctions might have persuaded the ayatollahs to abandon their nuclear ambitions. Now it is too late; sanctions will not do the job in time and, indeed, will only energize the Iranians to reach the nuclear finish line as quickly as possible. Which leaves the world only with the military option, Israeli or American - or the prospect of an Iran armed with nuclear weapons.
2012-08-17 00:00:00
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