Robert Bohmfalk argues that because other countries acquired nuclear weapons without being attacked, Iran should receive the same treatment. That comparison ignores the decisive issue: Nuclear weapons cannot be evaluated apart from the intentions and conduct of the government seeking them.
Iran has repeatedly threatened Israel’s continued existence. Those threats have been accompanied by decades of support for armed organizations attacking Israel. Diplomacy, sanctions, inspections and economic pressure have periodically slowed Iran, but none has permanently altered the regime’s stated objectives or hostile conduct. Israel cannot stake its national survival on another temporary agreement.