NEW YORK -- Both candidates for President of the United States agree that Iran's pursuit of nuclear technology is a serious threat to national security, but neither has presented a serious strategy for dealing with the problem on the campaign trail. One seems to think he can talk Iran out of its nuclear program without specifying what he'd say to change the equation. The other summed up his strategy by inserting a few bombs into an old Beach Boys song. Campaign rhetoric rarely becomes policy, especially in foreign affairs, and the Iranian question is no exception. Certainly Barack Obama will not simply sit down with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad without laying out the consequences if the talks failed, nor would John McCain hum along to the sound of bombs falling on Natanz without trying to talk to Iran first. But the question remains: what will Washington do about Tehran's nuclear program after the elections?
Iran’s Nuclear Program: The Next President’s Options
