Sputtering Iran-US Talks Revive Specter of Israeli Solo Strike

A US media outlet reports that Israel may be poised to strike Iran’s nuclear sites and oil markets wince. In Washington, a Republican administration wonders if Tehran is more determined or deterred.

So it was in 2005, when US Vice President Dick Cheney mused that “the Israelis might well decide to act first, and let the rest of the world worry about cleaning up the diplomatic mess afterwards.”