[Haaretz columnist] The Father of the Iranian Nuclear Arsenal, George W. Bush

I fully agree that going after Iraq was a very stupid and deadly mistake but I find a lot the piece to be paranoid. Further the piece almost seems to be wishing that we would've gone to war with Iran back in 2003 which I think also would've been a mistake.

[rquoter] If such an agreement were signed, it would represent an Iranian victory — and an American defeat. The Iranians would be able to maintain their nuclear program and continue to enrich uranium, while the Americans and their allies would loosen the economic siege on Iran and allow Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the economic oxygen needed to sustain his autocratic regime.

Yes, Iran’s race to the bomb would be slowed down — but an accord would guarantee that it would eventually cross the finish line. The Geneva mind-set resembles a Munich mind-set: It would create the illusion of peace-in-our-time while paving the way to a nuclear-Iran-in-our-time
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I think this is another case where Godwin's law should be invoked comparing this to Munich. As should be noted with Iraq and Libya that sanctions, inspections and diplomacy have worked in regard to eliminating or at least crippling WMD programs. Without seeing the final agreement we can't say for sure how tough the inspection regime will be on Iran. Finally even if Iran does somehow make a nuke they are well aware that Israel also has nukes and even if Israel didn't is still protected by the US's nuclear umbrella. While Iran getting a nuke certainly isn't a good thing it is extremely unlikely that they would use it.