Now For A Real Iran Debate -- Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal
There's no more doubt about Tehran's nuclear-weapons program. How the West will respond remains open to question.
The International Atomic Energy Agency is expected to unveil a report Wednesday on what it knows about Iran's efforts to develop nuclear weapons, and the early word is that it contains a few bombshells. But let's not overstate its significance. There's no scarcity of reliable information about Iran's nuclear programs, licit and illicit. The only question is whether the report will do much to end the current scarcity of Western will to do something meaningful to check them.
Start with what we already know about Iran's nuclear programs. In September, the IAEA came out with its umpteenth report on Iran.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
The IAEA's most alarming findings on Iran's nuclear program -- Uri Friedman, Foreign Policy
Iran could be the unmaking of Obama's presidency -- Simon Tisdall, The Guardian
Five Reasons Why Obama Won't Bomb Iran -- Greg Scoblete, Real Clear World
In Iran, longtime 'reformers' stifle true revolution -- Mahmood Delkhasteh, Christian Science Monitor
Syria and the Arab League -- New York Times editorial
Going back to the drachma -- Tom Streithorst, Prospect Magazine
Europe's Entitlement Reckoning -- Wall Street Journal
Berlusconi goes, but Italy’s problems remain -- The Telegraph editorial
Colombia Should be Recognized as Reliable and Close U.S. Ally -- Max Boot, Commentary
Why North Korea won't quit -- Yong Kwon, Asia Times
Over the Horizon: Defining Red Lines to Avoid War With China -- Robert Farley, World Politics Review
America at a global crossroads -- Frank Carlucci, Lee H. Hamilton and Tom Ridge, The Washington Times