Reuel Marc Gerecht, a former Iranian-targets officer in the CIA’s Directorate of Operations, is a resident scholar at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
The Islamic Republic will be even more aggressive toward Israel and improve its standing with Russia and China.
The administration could shift from appeasement to nuclear acceptance quietly, or it could try to build a bolder, bipartisan consensus.
Biden’s appeasement actually increases the chance that Iran will build a bomb.
It might have had a chance to stop Iran’s nuclear ambitions a few years ago, but the Middle East has changed.
The Islamic Republic has allies and patrons in Russia and China.
The New York Times revives the claim that Reagan won in 1980 by conspiring to prolong the Iran hostage crisis.
The collapse of the theocracy could change American attitudes about promoting democracy.
If anyone is going derail the Islamic Republic’s regional ambitions, Israel is really the only local counterweight that counts.
Barring a great surprise, the Islamic Republic will get its nuke. How will the U.S. respond?