Clear and sane....much better take that MSM norm.

Fareed Zakaria wrote an intelligent and straightforward article concerning the question of which is the best strategy to deal with Iran and its nuclear program. He sees three basic options that the U.S. might take, and he favours "containment and deterrence".

Good piece by Zakaria. I would ask why the US would even wish to injure Iran's nuclear program, provided it is strictly civil. Zakaria is quite right that an insane US or Israeli attack on Iran would entrench the government further, rather than weaken it. I think Iran seeks stability in the Middle East, particularly in Afghanistan and Iraq, so normal relations between Iran and the US would sderve the interests of both countries. Mao's China split from its alliance with the Soviet Union years before Nixon went there in 1972. Zakaria describes Iran's effort to help the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, and the Shia community in Lebanon, as a "foray" by "thugs". A clear element of Iranophobia displays itself.