Iran should likewise be informed that the US and its allies would undertake a preventive military strike if it appeared to be attempting to present the world with a fait accompli. The world erred in allowing North Korea to pass the nuclear-weapons threshold; it should not make the same mistake again.
类似地，还应该让伊朗知道，如果它表现出试图炮制既成事实，美国及其盟友将对其采取先发制人的军事打击。世界曾经错误地让朝鲜迈过了和武器门槛；绝不容重蹈覆辙。