Iran presents a serious threat to U.S. and regional security, one that would grow immensely if its nuclear program produces weapons, write William H. Luers and Thomas R. Pickering in a December 31, 2011 Washington Post op-ed. “The United States must set out on a relentless search for a better way to get at this seemingly unknowable regional power” –better that is than military action.
Luers, a former Carnegie Corporation grantee when he was president of the United Nations Association and Pickering, a former trustee, suggest that “Without that patient search for different ways to deal with Tehran, Washington will be stuck with a policy that will not change Iran’s practices or its regime and could lead to a catastrophic war.”
Luers, Pickering and their colleagues in the Iran Project — an initiative of theirs that has suggested diplomatic strategies and encouraged direct U.S.-Iran discussions for nearly a decade — have for three years proposed ways to contain Iran’s nuclear program, wall it off from developing weapons and engage Iran in a dialogue on other regional issues.
It is not too late.
Read the Washington Postop-ed
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