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43 An Opportunity For Congress On The
Road To War With Iran
Marvin Kalb
and
Michael E. O'Hanlon
1392 ریت15 جمعه- 1246 شماره/ سال متسیب July 3, 2013
In touch with Iranian diversity [Editor's Note: Our Brookings colleagues this space for more d ebate on this issue, to the nuclear impasse, and the “US
Marvin Kalb and Michael O'Hanlon and please weigh in with your own should be as careful a s possible to do no
published an oped on the role of comments and analysis a tIranAtSaban@ harm.” And what would do such harm?
Congress in U.S. policy toward Tehran brookings.edu - we look forward to A "congressional debate over the use of
in Politicoearly last week arguing that continuing the discussion!] force against Iran," write Duss and Korb
"if by fall there is no forward movement The United States is on the road to war in a Politico op-ed.
on the negotiating front with Tehran, with Iran. Unfortunately, none of us has special
Congress should take up the Iran issue. Proof is a string of presidential access to the supreme leader of Iran’s
The vote would consider the question commitments to stop Iran from secret files, or to sources close to him.
of whether, in the event that Iran moved developing nuclear weapons. " All options Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may be the
irrevocably toward development of a are on the table," President Obama has cleverest diplomat in an Iranianbazaar
nuclear weapon, all means should be stressed, leaving little doubt that if Iran ever to engage in a nuclear negotiation,
considered by the president to prevent continues to enrich its uranium reserve, ready to conclude an acceptable
that outcome." The piece sparked a moving from the peaceful uses of nuclear a greement, if only Obama would advance
number of counter-arguments, including power to its military uses, then a U.S. a face-saving compromise. Maybe,
one from Matthew Duss and Lawrence strike against Iran, with or without Israel, but there is no evidence after years of
Korb of the Center for American Progress becomes a distinct p ossibility. trying and negotiating of the Ayatollah’s
published in Politico on Friday, June If there were any evidence that Iran is yearning for a deal.
28, "The U.S. Should Tread Lightly listening to these presidential warnings, If Obama had never made his original
On Iran," contending that missteps by and adjusting its nuclear program “commitment” to stop Iran from
Washington would undercut possibilities accordingly, the option of an American developing nuclear w eapons, we would
for compromise on the nuclear issue. Iran military attack on Iran would almost not be facing this growing crisis. But he
@ Saban asked O'Hanlon and Kalb to certainly be shelved. Probably no US did, and we do, and what now?
continue the conversation on our blog, official would be more relieved than Perhaps there is lesson in our recent
which they kindly obliged below. Watch Obama, who wants desperately to sheave history. In the winter of 1966, as the US
his Mideast sword and return to “nation- was slipping d eeper into a colonial war
Lawyers ICBC ﻭﻛﻼ building” in America. But there is no such in Southeast Asia, Senator J. William
Claims ٦٠٤- ٩٨٢- ٤٠٥١ evidence, according to the International Fulbright, Chair of the Senate Foreign
604 - 982 - 4051 ٦٠٤- ٩٨٠ -٨٥٧١ Atomic Energy A gency. Relations Committee, took an important
604 - 980 - 8571 Ah, but maybe there is, wonder such step. He opened a series of public (and
public policy analysts as Matthew Duss private) hearings on Vietnam. He invited
Vol. 20 / No. 1246 - Friday, July 5, 2013 ﺑﺮﺍی ﻣﺸﺎﻭﺭﻩ ﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ ﻟﻄﻔﺎ ﺑﺎ and Lawrence K orb of the Center for government officials, scholars and
American Progress. With the recent journalists. "Under our system," Fulbright
ﺁﻗﺎی ﻛﺎﻣﻴﻞ ﻟﻄﻔﻌﻠﻰ surprise election of Hassan Rouhani, explained, "Congress, and especially
regarded as a moderate among the Iranian the Senate, share responsibility with the
. ﺗﻤﺎﺱ ﺑﮕﻴﺮﻳﺪ،ﻭﻛﻴﻞ ﻓﺎﺭﺳﻰ ﺯﺑﺎﻥ leadership, there may now be "renewed president for making our national foreign
possibility of a diplomatic solution" policy."
Kamil Lotfali, lawyer
ﺳﺎﻝ ﺗﺠﺮﺑﻪ ﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ٣٠ ﻣﺆﺳﺴﻪﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ "ﻧﻮﺭﺕﺷﻮﺭﻻ " ﺑﺎﺑﻴﺶﺍﺯ-
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43 An Opportunity For Congress On The
Road To War With Iran
Marvin Kalb
and
Michael E. O'Hanlon
1392 ریت15 جمعه- 1246 شماره/ سال متسیب July 3, 2013
In touch with Iranian diversity [Editor's Note: Our Brookings colleagues this space for more d ebate on this issue, to the nuclear impasse, and the “US
Marvin Kalb and Michael O'Hanlon and please weigh in with your own should be as careful a s possible to do no
published an oped on the role of comments and analysis a tIranAtSaban@ harm.” And what would do such harm?
Congress in U.S. policy toward Tehran brookings.edu - we look forward to A "congressional debate over the use of
in Politicoearly last week arguing that continuing the discussion!] force against Iran," write Duss and Korb
"if by fall there is no forward movement The United States is on the road to war in a Politico op-ed.
on the negotiating front with Tehran, with Iran. Unfortunately, none of us has special
Congress should take up the Iran issue. Proof is a string of presidential access to the supreme leader of Iran’s
The vote would consider the question commitments to stop Iran from secret files, or to sources close to him.
of whether, in the event that Iran moved developing nuclear weapons. " All options Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may be the
irrevocably toward development of a are on the table," President Obama has cleverest diplomat in an Iranianbazaar
nuclear weapon, all means should be stressed, leaving little doubt that if Iran ever to engage in a nuclear negotiation,
considered by the president to prevent continues to enrich its uranium reserve, ready to conclude an acceptable
that outcome." The piece sparked a moving from the peaceful uses of nuclear a greement, if only Obama would advance
number of counter-arguments, including power to its military uses, then a U.S. a face-saving compromise. Maybe,
one from Matthew Duss and Lawrence strike against Iran, with or without Israel, but there is no evidence after years of
Korb of the Center for American Progress becomes a distinct p ossibility. trying and negotiating of the Ayatollah’s
published in Politico on Friday, June If there were any evidence that Iran is yearning for a deal.
28, "The U.S. Should Tread Lightly listening to these presidential warnings, If Obama had never made his original
On Iran," contending that missteps by and adjusting its nuclear program “commitment” to stop Iran from
Washington would undercut possibilities accordingly, the option of an American developing nuclear w eapons, we would
for compromise on the nuclear issue. Iran military attack on Iran would almost not be facing this growing crisis. But he
@ Saban asked O'Hanlon and Kalb to certainly be shelved. Probably no US did, and we do, and what now?
continue the conversation on our blog, official would be more relieved than Perhaps there is lesson in our recent
which they kindly obliged below. Watch Obama, who wants desperately to sheave history. In the winter of 1966, as the US
his Mideast sword and return to “nation- was slipping d eeper into a colonial war
Lawyers ICBC ﻭﻛﻼ building” in America. But there is no such in Southeast Asia, Senator J. William
Claims ٦٠٤- ٩٨٢- ٤٠٥١ evidence, according to the International Fulbright, Chair of the Senate Foreign
604 - 982 - 4051 ٦٠٤- ٩٨٠ -٨٥٧١ Atomic Energy A gency. Relations Committee, took an important
604 - 980 - 8571 Ah, but maybe there is, wonder such step. He opened a series of public (and
public policy analysts as Matthew Duss private) hearings on Vietnam. He invited
Vol. 20 / No. 1246 - Friday, July 5, 2013 ﺑﺮﺍی ﻣﺸﺎﻭﺭﻩ ﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ ﻟﻄﻔﺎ ﺑﺎ and Lawrence K orb of the Center for government officials, scholars and
American Progress. With the recent journalists. "Under our system," Fulbright
ﺁﻗﺎی ﻛﺎﻣﻴﻞ ﻟﻄﻔﻌﻠﻰ surprise election of Hassan Rouhani, explained, "Congress, and especially
regarded as a moderate among the Iranian the Senate, share responsibility with the
. ﺗﻤﺎﺱ ﺑﮕﻴﺮﻳﺪ،ﻭﻛﻴﻞ ﻓﺎﺭﺳﻰ ﺯﺑﺎﻥ leadership, there may now be "renewed president for making our national foreign
possibility of a diplomatic solution" policy."
Kamil Lotfali, lawyer
ﺳﺎﻝ ﺗﺠﺮﺑﻪ ﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ٣٠ ﻣﺆﺳﺴﻪﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ "ﻧﻮﺭﺕﺷﻮﺭﻻ " ﺑﺎﺑﻴﺶﺍﺯ-
ﺩﺳﺘﻤﺰﺩیﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖﻧﺨﻮﺍﻫﻴﻢﻛﺮﺩ، ﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖﻧﻨﻤﺎﺋﻴﻢICBC ﺗﺎﺧﺴﺎﺭﺕﺷﻤﺎﺭﺍ ﺍﺯ-
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