as a threat to regime survival. Rob recommends "a retooled, updated version of Kennan's strategy of containment that would decouple the nuclear issue from the question of regime change and rely on internal forces as the agent of societal change." 38 Responses to "Options On and Off the Table" US Permanent Representative S. Rice described a policy which is somewhat more diplomatic. The linked minutes appear to do some measure of justice to Ms. Rice's remarks, but it's difficult to compare those UN September comments to a May Aipac transcript. Noevertheless, Ms. Rice clearly is offering an olive branch while reporting several stern observations. Nick | September 24, 2012 ...and the US and Israel attacks will be free of any Iranian casualties, because those bombs are so accurate?!! Rpbert Tyrka, Sr. | September 24, 2012 For someone who views himself as a wonk on arms control, it looks as if this author's ignorance of the effects of an EMP bomb wipes out all of his arguments. ass | September 24, 2012 There's no "need to dissuade the Iranian authorities from upping their percentage" of uranium enrichment -- in fact the Iranians have repeatedly offered to cease 20% enrichment already. Indeed, Iran would not have had to resort to 20% enrichment in the first place if Iran was not banned by US sanctions from simply buying the reactor fuel for the Tehran Research Reactor as usual. Considering the fact that this reactor not only makes isotopes for cancer patients, but is