The recent NIE that concludes that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003, adn the response to it by the Administration, the presidential candidates, the Congress, and the media pundits, has precisely missed the point.
Our issues with Iran are not solely about nukes. Rather, the issues with Iran derive from its long-term support, training, financing, and direction of terrorist organizations, especially the Hezbollah.
President Bush's policy has been the leading problem in that has focused on the nuke issue to the exclusion of all else. The nuke issue is a BIG issue, but not the ONLY issue. Read here
The United States now faces an opportunity to redefine the Iran problem as being a multi-attribute issue tightly integrated into the global war on terror. Regretably, the President's speeches and White House Spin reveal they do not possess the broad range view needed for dealing with this problem.
The question now is: Do any of the candidates have it?
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