15 Sep 2008: Rather than making a case for an Israeli strike against Iran the US could find a more amendable partner in Iran by toning down the virulent rhetoric. Your recent opinion article in the Wall Street Journal, Israel, Iran and the Bomb, makes the case for a preventive Israeli air strike on Iran's nuclear facilities. In the article, you state that doing so will buy the West some much needed time. I agree with you that a nuclear Iran is a decidedly unpleasant subject and would constitute a direct violation of the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. All the same, your approach is dangerously myopic. This response argues in favor of an alternative approach, one that more carefully considers Iran's perspective.
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