Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Regime Change Iran

Here's Robert Kagan on changing regimes in Iran:

Regime change in Tehran is the best nonproliferation policy. Even if the next Iranian government refused to give up the weapons program, its need for Western economic assistance and its desire for reintegration into the global economy and international order would at least cause it to slow today's mad rush to completion and be much more open to diplomatic discussion. A new government might shelve the program for a while, or abandon it altogether. Other nations have done so. In any event, an Iran not run by radicals with millennial visions would be a much less frightening prospect, even with a nuclear weapon.
It's not just the "evil" neocons who see regime change as an increasingly likely solution to the Iran problem. See also, Richard Haass, "Enough Is Enough: Why We Can No Longer Remain on the Sidelines in the Struggle for Regime Change in Iran."

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