In foreign policy, a touch of imagination can be a useful thing. But the current fantasies about Iran and North Korea are downright dangerous. And when the head of the CIA says that personally he believes Iran is pursuing the nuclear bomb, but officially he stands by the estimate that maybe it isn’t — it’s time for Washington to get real. More in my column today in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Dangerous Diplomatic Fictions
April 7, 2008 - 9:15 am






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