Next Steps in Dealing With Iran
Michael Gerson, The Washington Post | October 10, 2008
Iran is at most four years away from its nuclear goals - diplomacy is needed. ++ Russia’s offer to provide Iran with enriched nuclear material and US proposals for direct talks in return for the abandonment of nuclear intentions have been turned down. ++ The disapproval of further offers might result in the total isolation of Iran. ++ Using military force is only credible if Iran “can do the final enrichment of weapons-grade material at some secretly constructed facility” or if “it can quickly convert its known centrifuges for such production.”
