Would Obama attack Iran to stop it from getting nukes?

The IAEA warns that Tehran is perilously close to building a bomb, and critics worry that Obama won't do what it takes to stand in Iran's way

President Obama, who has flexed U.S. muscles abroad with drone strikes, the killing of Osama bin Laden, and the war in Libya, may face a new threat: An Iran that's getting ever closer to nucl
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The United Nations' nuclear watchdog says Iran is on the verge of acquiring the capability to build its first atomic bomb, thanks to crucial technology it seems to have received from experts in Pakistan, North Korea, and the former Soviet Union. The new report from the International Atomic Energy Agency, which will be published in full this week, is renewing the debate over whether diplomatic pressure can persuade Iran's leaders to back down, or if it will take a military a strike to keep Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Will President Obama do whatever it takes to keep Tehran from going nuclear?

Obama probably won't attack Iran — even if he should: We are rapidly approaching the moment when "we'll be presented with a choice: Accept a nuclear-armed Iran or take military action," says Jennifer Rubin at The Washington Post. But the Obama administration is still "spinning a fairy tale, namely that sanctions are 'working' and Iran is 'isolated' like never before." If Obama doesn't wise up, his team won't be remembered "for its economic incompetence," but "as the gang that let the mullahs get the bomb."

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