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If Iran Won't Accept Trump's Deal, It's Time for Plan B

(Washington Post) Marc A. Thiessen - President Trump says he will accept nothing less than "total dismantlement" of Iran's nuclear program. Fortunately, we have an example of what that looks like. In 2003, Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi invited outside officials to come in and dismantle his nuclear, chemical weapons and ballistic missile programs. The Libyan nuclear program - including its uranium hexafluoride, centrifuges and designs to build bombs - was crated up and loaded onto U.S. military aircraft, which flew to a secure storage facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Libya's enriched uranium was also removed, its chemical munitions destroyed and its ballistic missiles dismantled. Trump understands that anything short of this in Iran would be unacceptable. The Israel Defense Forces has severely damaged Iran's air defenses and ballistic missile capabilities. Iran is currently strategically naked - unable to effectively defend itself against a U.S. or Israeli military strike, or respond decisively either directly or by proxy. This means Trump now has a window of opportunity to end the Iranian nuclear program - one the U.S. has never had before - and that window will eventually close. Iran should be given a simple choice: Allow us to eliminate your nuclear program peacefully or watch it destroyed by military force.
2025-05-13 00:00:00
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