Iran with nukes – then what?

OPINION: What will America do when Iran has nuclear weapons? by Thomas Barnett, knoxnews.com, May 18, 2008.

Hillary Clinton promises she’d “obliterate” Iran if it used nuclear weapons against Israel, suggesting that, as president, she’d return the “favor” — in spades. Putting aside campaign rhetoric, the senator raises an excellent point: What will America do when Iran gets nuclear weapons? Many national security experts still think Washington can stop Tehran’s reach for the bomb. I am not one of them. Iran has already achieved a sloppy, asymmetrical form of nuclear deterrence, meaning we can’t stop it from “getting nuclear” unless we “go nuclear” pre-emptively, something we won’t do.