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 states in the region an ambition to match Israel in nuclear terms, the 
 failure of the western powers to challenge Israel's acquisition of such 
 a capacity is difficult to defend. 
  
 The present dilemma over how to handle Iran's threatening nuclear 
 ambitions finds its roots in that profound failure of western diplomacy 
 back in the 1960s and 1970s. 
  
 [Garret Fitzgrald is a former Taoseach of Ireland] 
  
 € The Irish Times 
  
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