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No Choice But to Attack

Newspaper current event by willwaddell on 01 October 2007, tagged as bolton, iran, ahmadinejad, and proxy war

Iran's continued nuclear development and what some have called its "proxy war" in Iraq is certainly raising the stakes for the world. The U.S.' former ambassador to the UN, John Bolton, speaking in Britain said that he now sees no "alternative" to a military strike against Iran. The ambassador told his listeners that diplomatic efforts with Tehran had largely failed and that he would like to consider "a limited strike against their nuclear facilities." Bolton also bemoaned the fact that the U.S. can no longer "engineer the clandestine overthrow of governments," stressing that an attack against Iran should include an attempt to remove Iranian President Ahmadinejad.

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So Ummm ... let's armchair this a bit. by VnutZ :: NR8

There's plenty of military experience on this site and certainly a fair number of other smart fellas to analyze the politics.

1. Do we stand to actually gain any tangible benefit to striking Iran militarily?

2. Regardless of benefit, how would one posture the military in order to handle the post-strike effects?

3. For the non-military options, what further negotiation techniques would you employ?

My own thoughts on these questions:

1. From strikes alone? Nothing. We only stand to gain something by literally storming the country and annexing it in the name of the United States (it's worth more than the North Pole anyway). But this would go over real well with the international community.

2. This one ... I'd have to think more about it myself. But I foresee massive IRR callbacks, huge deficit spending and US martial law in Iraq as necessary if there's even a hint of "success" involved.

3. Other than complete and total sanctions along with a massive embargo on all imports/exports ... nothing. Unless of course, everyone wanted to eat crow and just let Iran do what it wants. There is always that random chance that if everyone is nice to them they'll play nice back. I don't believe it, but I must concede the slim possibility exists.

Posted 01 October 2007, Hide, Reply