Neither hands-on regime change like Iraq nor hands-off regime change like Venezuela will work. There is a third way.
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No diplomatic agreement is going to end the war between Washington and Tehran. This conflict began decades ago, with the birth of a revolutionary Iranian movement whose teleology is defined by combating American influence, both real and perceived, at home and abroad. A formal deal may shift tensions temporarily from hot to cold, but this will only exacerbate and prolong a war that truly ends only once the Islamic Republic disappears.
Jonathan Ruhe is the fellow for American Strategy at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America.
