| "As a deadline nears for a possible deal with Iran on its nuclear program, discussion is being clouded by false debate. A curtailment camp that sees a viable avenue to ring-fencing limited Iranian enrichment so that the country cannot acquire a bomb confronts a dismantlement camp that believes any deal is bad and every Iranian centrifuge must go....A tough nuclear deal, of the kind sought by Obama, would enhance Israeli security. War with Iran would undermine it.Ushering Iran toward the world through a rigorous deal would have enormous political and economic benefits. As Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Iranian foreign minister, said recently: "We need to seize this opportunity. It may not be repeated." It remains to be seen if Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme Iranian leader, is in "seizing" mode. |
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