Republican Answers on Iran Nukes Face Same Reality as Obama’s

Republican presidential candidates are trying to paint President Barack Obama, who ordered the killing of Osama bin Laden and helped bring down Muammar Qaddafi, as weak on foreign policy for failing to halt Iran’s quest for a nuclear weapon.

The main solutions they prescribe -- economic sanctions, covert operations, military coordination with allies and the threat of military action as a last resort -- are the same policies adopted by the U.S. and its allies under Obama and his predecessor, George W. Bush, and none of those measures have stopped Iran’s suspected efforts to develop nuclear weapons.