Iran nuke talks wisely hit the pause button
Just hours from a deadline on curbing Iran’s nuclear program, diplomats on both sides agreed to a seven-month extension. It’s a positive move that keeps the goal of controlling weapons alive, though it underlines the difficulty of such a deal. Hitting the pause button is risky. President Obama wants a foreign-policy trophy, especially one that contains a trouble-making nation in the combustible Mideast. Continuing to talk with Tehran raises the stakes, but it dangles the tantalizing prospect of limiting Iran’s nukes. He’ll need to mollify ...
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