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.

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