And the alternative is...?

In a withering commentary on Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress, Fareed Zakaria noted that while Netanyahu's concerns with the deal currently being negotiated were valid, his alternative -- reject the deal and impose more, tougher sanctions -- was facially fanciful.

Zakaria pointed out, interestingly, that we had been here just over 10 years ago, when George W. Bush pressured the British into scuppering a deal with Iran that was far better for the West than the one now under negotiation. The result was that Iran returned to Uranium enrichment and made steady progress on a path to a bomb. The lesson is that holding out for the no-compromise deal that America and Israel would like was, and likely will be, counter-productive.