TEL AVIV – In 2003, the United States – which, along with its NATO allies, had already occupied Afghanistan – toppled Saddam Hussein’s government in Iraq and overran his army. Iran’s leaders, alarmed that they were being encircled, lost no time in offering the West a grand bargain covering all contentious issues, from nuclear-weapons development – they halted their military nuclear program – to regional security, including the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and their backing of Hezbollah and Hamas.
特拉维夫—2003年，美国——它与它的北约盟友已经占领了阿富汗——推翻了伊拉克萨达姆政府，占领了他的军队。伊朗领导人警觉地发现自己陷入了包围中，毫不迟疑地向西方提出了一个大妥协，包括了从核武器开发（他们中止了军用核计划）到地区安全（包括以色列-巴勒斯坦和平进程以及他们对真主党和哈马斯的支持）的所有争议问题。