ANDREW NEIL: The Middle East will never be perfect but it could be much better than it is. So stay the course, Mr President

I asked in these columns what the purpose of an attack on Iran would be. To make it impossible for Iran to build a nuclear arsenal? To degrade and destroy its missile stockpiles and production capabilities?


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