My concern for the foreign policy debate is the Iran conundrum. What do we do about Iran’s nuclear weapons program? The Iranians are going to build a bomb unless we stop them, and it appears that only an act of war will do it. So either we are willing to go to war with Iran, or we are willing to let them have their bombs. I don’t see a way to have our cake and eat it too.
So, are we willing to go to war over this issue or not? If Romney says yes, he gets branded a war-monger and I seriously doubt that the American public is willing go up the hill with him. If he says “let’s do really strong diplomacy” he looks weak and 0bama can say “that’s what I’m already doing.”
I really hope Romney and his advisers can figure out a way out of this box.
Iran having a bomb is not as bad as South Africa having the bomb. Iran is past due for a China-style paradigm shift. The Internet is transforming Iran (we have a lot of Iranian students on campus).