GATESTONE
Open Letter to President Trump Urging Him to Prevent an Iranian Nuclear Arsenal
Alan Dershowitz and Andrew Stein
May 20, 2025

Dear Mr. President,

You are about to make a decision for which you will be remembered by history. Your legacy will either be as a world leader who saved, or failed to save, many lives. The decision concerns Iran’s intention to develop a nuclear arsenal. There can be no reasonable doubt that Iran’s mullahs are determined to obtain nuclear weapons, despite their assurances to the contrary. Nor can Israel, which is the intended target of an Iranian bomb, be expected to rely on deterrence or containment. Iran must be prevented from achieving their dangerous goal. Obviously it would be better if the mullahs could be stopped by negotiation rather than military action…Nearly a century ago, the British and French governments faced a similar decision with Germany, and they failed, costing tens of millions of lives. READ MORE

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