Foreign policy has also become less salient than it was only months ago as the chance of war between the US and Iran has diminished, following the recently published National Intelligence Estimate on Iran’s nuclear program. The judgment by America’s intelligence community that Iran has suspended its nuclear weapon development program – and, more importantly, that its large-scale uranium enrichment capacity is likely years away – postpones the day when a US president may have to decide between living with or attacking a nuclear Iran.
外交政策问题没有几个月以前那么突出的另一个原因是随着国家情报评估机构最近有关伊朗核计划报告的出台，美国和伊朗爆发战争的可能性已经减少了。根据美国情报部门的判断，伊朗已经搁置了它的核武器开发计划，并且，更重要的是，它大规模浓缩铀的能力似乎还要花很多年才能实现，这也使得某位美国总统必须对与一个拥有核武器的伊朗相处还是发起攻击做出决定的日期被大大延后了。