What if Israel Bombed Iran?
09.21.2012 at 11:42pm
What if Israel bombed Iran? The view from Washington. Washington Post op-ed by .
For months, Israel has threatened to strike Iran’s nuclear sites. The United States has urged restraint. If such an operation were launched, how might Washington react?
Humm
Interesting. But only from the point of view of a leaderless nation. My opinion.
This story is like unto a comic book
Weighing Benefits and Costs of Military Action Against Iran, Morton Abramowitz, Amb., Richard L. Armitage, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Nicholas Burns, Amb., Stephen A. Cheney BrigGen, Joseph Cirincione, Edward P. Djerejian, Amb., James Dobbins, William J. Fallon, Adm., Leslie H. Gelb, Chuck Hagel, Sen., Lee H. Hamilton, Stephen B. Heintz, Carla A. Hills, Frank Kearney, LTG., Daniel C. Kurtzer, Amb., William H. Luers, Amb., Ellen Laipson, Jessica T. Mathews, William G. Miller, Amb., Gregory S. Newbold, LtGen., Sam Nunn, Sen., Thomas R. Pickering, Amb., Joe Sestak, Vice. Adm., Ann-Marie Slaughter, Paul Volcker, James Walsh, John C. Whitehead, Lawrence B. Wilkerson, Col., Timothy E. Wirth, Sen., Frank G. Wisner, Amb., Anthony C. Zinni, Gen, http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/IranReport_091112_ExecutiveSummary.pdf
At a time when debate on this critical issue is often driven by politics and based on unexamined assumptions about the ability of military action to achieve U.S. objectives, this paper seeks to provide a foundation for clear thinking about the potential use of force against Iran. The paper’s authors and signers, a bipartisan group of senior national security experts, recognize that this debate is part of a broader con- versation about U.S. policy toward Iran. But we believe that it will be impossible to make a rational assessment of the role of military force in any overall Iran strategy, without first carefully assessing the likely benefits and costs of military action.