An Iranian long-range shore-to-sea missile called Qader (Capable) is launched during Velayat-90 war game on Sea of Oman's shore near the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran (REUTERS/Jamejamonline/Ebrahim Norouzi).
Opinion
Short of a Deal, Containing Iran is the Best Option
September 23, 2013, Kenneth M. Pollack
Kenneth Pollack argues that America needs to be prepared for containment of a nuclear Iran in the event that attempts at using diplomacy to prevent the Islamic Republic from acquiring nuclear weapons fail. While the idea of living with a nuclear Iran is distasteful to Washington, he writes, this does not mean we should not prepare for it.