The US and Israel have many common interests with Iran. Security assurances, positive inducements, face-saving ways out and win-win strategies work better than punitive, coercive methods. Rather than going down the slippery slope to violence, let's draw upon our collective wisdom and sound bodies of knowledge to produce the best-case-scenario.
Diane Perlman, PhD is a clinical and political psychologist, Co-chair, Psychologists for Social Responsibility Initiative on Global Violence, Terrorism and Nuclear Disarmament (psysr.org), Transcend (transcend.org) and Global Council, Abolition 2000.
Originally at Huffington Post; reposted with permission.
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