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Keep Up the Sanctions and Wait Out Iran
(Chicago Tribune) Naftali Bennett - One of the key arguments used by the U.S. to justify the recent Iran nuclear deal is that the alternative to this deal is war. This is simply not true. There is a third option. The world needs to wait and give the existing sanctions more time. These sanctions have already caused significant damage to Iran's economy and are the very reason the Iranians came to the table in the first place. But, we are told, Iran will never forfeit its military nuclear program. Wrong. What seems impossible today is possible tomorrow if we are just willing to have patience, to wait and keep up the pressure. Iran must face an either-or decision: either give up its nuclear bomb program or give up its economy. The proposed deal reached earlier this month gives Iran exactly what it wanted - sanctions relief and an opportunity to wait for the right moment to build the bomb. Iran is ruled by a ruthless regime that cannot be trusted. It has already violated consecutive UN Security Council resolutions, and to think that it will now adhere to this deal is to ignore reality. The writer is Israel's minister of economy.