Debating Containment and/or Engagement with Iran

Stories we're following today:

Containing a Nuclear Iran - Fareed Zakaria of Newsweek [link]

• There are three basic options that the United States and its allies have regarding Iran's nuclear program. We can bomb Iran, engage it diplomatically, or contain and deter the threat it poses. Let me outline what each would entail and then explain why I favor containment and deterrence.
• Nod to Wonk Room.

Iranian Nuclear Know-How - Laura Rozen [link]

• Iran has agreed to allow international weapons inspectors to inspect the recently revealed Qom enrichment facility on October 25, International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei said after meetings in Tehran this weekend.

Kyl Flip Flops on Sea-Based Missile Defense - Nukes of Hazard [link]

• If Kyl supported a sea-based system in 1999, why did he denounce it in 2009?

A View from the Dark Side

Iran's Big Victory in Geneva - John Bolton of the Wall Street Journal[link]

• In fact, the [Geneva] agreement constitutes another in the long string of Iranian negotiating victories over the West. Any momentum toward stricter sanctions has been dissipated, and Iran's fraudulent, repressive regime again hobnobs with the U.N. Security Council's permanent members. Consider the following problems:

The Coming War with Iran - Jeffrey Kuhner in the Washington Times [link]

• War with Iran is now inevitable. The only question is: Will it happen sooner or later? Tehran's recent missile tests and war games suggest that the apocalyptic mullahs have reached the same conclusion.