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A More Sensible Approach

by David Kurtz
03.06.12 | 4:16 am

It’s not so much that I agree with Paul Pillar’s conclusions regarding a nuclear-capable Iran, but that he lays out the proper, rational framework for how to analyze the problem — an approach completely at odds with most of the irrational conventional wisdom about Iran. You should take a few minutes to read Pillar’s piece.

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