U.S. Policy Should Work To Transform Iran

n around 100 days America will be witnessing a crucial election. In the meantime, much will be done on both sides of the national divide, and this year we may see more than the usual political maneuvering in the run-up to this election.

Regardless of the outcome, the next president will face the same unique national security challenges. The Middle East is in a greater crisis than ever before and according to various analysts, it is heading toward anarchy. The scenes of defenseless people getting killed in Syria have only grown more painful over the past year, even as they have become less prevalent on our TV screens. Islamic extremism and the resulting terrorism is now targeting Western Europe, America and the Middle East with unprecedented barbarity, and there is no easy response to it.

The issue of Islamic extremism brings to mind one of our main foreign policy challenges: Iran.............http://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2016/07/30/us-policy-should-work-to-transform-iran-n2200014