Netanyahu Is Wrong to Scorn Diplomacy

The U.S. doesn’t want to see a nuclear-armed Iran, because it would propel a Middle East arms race and threaten the Israelis. Arab states in the region also dislike the idea, especially Saudi Arabia, whose leaders would further resent the one-upmanship.

Only one country, however, fears imminent harm from the prospect, and that is Israel. Israel is the only nation Iran’s leaders have deemed a “cancerous tumor” that must be eliminated, and a significant nuclear arsenal could give them the wherewithal to make that happen.