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This month is going to be a turning point. You have the P5+1 group (USA, UK, China, France, Russia, Germany) trying to complete an agreement.

You have Netanyahu going to Congress and up for reelection in three days, on March 17.

You have 47 US senators trying to thwart an agreement.

And the propaganda is ramping up, with a piece like this in the Washington Post:

WaPo op-ed: War with Iran is probably our best option

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Does this mean that our only option is war? Yes, although an air campaign targeting Iran’s nuclear infrastructure would entail less need for boots on the ground than the war Obama is waging against the Islamic State, which poses far smaller a threat than Iran does.

Utterly deranged, but able to get a voice in the capital city's major newspaper.

A good takedown:

Three maps for Professor Murchavik

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So what does this all have to do with Dr. Muravchik's thesis that going to war with Iran is our best option? If you compare the three maps you notice some important features. First, a significant number of Iran's nuclear sites, military sites, and population centers are all located in proximity to each other. This is not, in itself, surprising. The same natural and man made infrastructure necessary for a municipality is also necessary for military sites, and especially so for research and development sites. The ability to get personnel and supplies where they need to be in a timely manner means taking advantage of already existing infrastructure.

However, access to infrastructure for logistics' purposes is not the only reason for some of this co-location. For instance, the nuclear facility near Qom is not an accident. It was placed there in order to make it difficult for a US commander to approve a strike on it.

I still think this war is going to happen.