What containment of Iran would require

Cliff May describes what it would take to 'contain' a nuclear Iran and why it cannot be done (in much briefer terms than that Bret Stephens article I blogged earlier in the week). Applying a containment strategy to Iran almost certainly would necessitate stationing U.S. troops indefinitely in Iraq, to Iran’s west, and Afghanistan, to its east. In response, Iran would back anti-American forces in