Visiting Israel last month, President Joe Biden signed the “Jerusalem Declaration” promising to “use all elements of its national power” to deny Iran a nuclear weapon. Biden’s strategy, however, appears little more than sanctions relief. Even the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps now mock his appeals for diplomacy.

Biden is right that bombing is no solution. While it can degrade Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, it cannot eliminate the knowledge Iranian scientists have accumulated over decades of developing ballistic missiles, enriching uranium, and, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency, experimenting with warhead design. To send bombers and cruise missiles against Iran’s nuclear infrastructure would only delay Iran’s program, not eliminate it. To kick the can down the road absent any real policy to change the regime or eliminate Iran’s nuclear program into perpetuity is an abuse of blood and treasure.