Netanyahu: The Red Line

If you missed what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had say about the red line for Iranian uranium enrichment, then check this out. Now that you're back, what do you think about the crude simple but effective drawing? Do you agree that is where the U.S.'s red line should be as well? Should we even have a red line?

This subject is one that has been difficult for all of the countries involved. On the side of the Iranians, they feel like they are being denied their rights as a sovereign nation when other nations (particularly western ones) tell them they are not allowed to produce nuclear energy. From an outside perspective it can be easy to see that all the "big kids" have them, and if Iran wants to play with the big kids then they need to have them.

From the perspective of Israel and other western countries, Iranian officials have repeatedly threatened the existence of Israel. So from that perspective it's pretty simple to see that an Iran with nuclear power could be dangerous for Israel and the region in general — not to mention Iran's very intense anti-U.S. (and anti-western) sentiment. From that perspective it seems that Iran acquiring nuclear power would not be in the best interest of the rest of the world.

As to where the U.S. should draw the red line, I would have to say Netanyahu's diagram would seem to correlate with the Obama administration's — allowing room and time for diplomacy until the very last moments where a military intervention could be successful in stopping their enrichment of uranium.