Summary
AS PRESIDENT George W Bush nears the closing phase of the second term of his presidency, Iran has been much on his mind.
Should he throw caution to the wind and launch air strikes to destroy the country's fledgling nuclear facilities or should he follow the route of diplomacy by exerting pressure of a more subtle kind? The rationale is that it might be possible to bypass President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and open lines of communication with Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who is the ultimate authority for the country's foreign and security policy. According to US intelligence, cracks have opened up in Iran's complicated political system and the CIA has advised Bush that there is a window of opportunity for these to be exploited.See the full content of this document
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Target Iran Will America Attack?
As ever in Washington's corridors of power, there have been compelling arguments on both sides, with the hawks arguing for an immediate attack and the moderates making a case for a more measured approach which will not embroil the US in further misadventures in the Middle East.
For the past few months it has seemed v...See the full content of this document
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