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I'll admit that I like this column because it echoes what I've been saying for a while. Still, it's a good piece worth reading. Robert Kagan, author of one of my favorite short books on recent US-European relations, writes about our Iranian options in the Washington Post.
Then Kagan entertains a little wishful thinking. Maybe, just maybe, if we keep our fingers crossed and eat all our vegetables, we can support domestic regime change. [If you listen closely, you can hear me laughing.]
Still, Kagan is a smart guy. He returns to the real world.
- First There Was Hanoi Jane Now There's Tehran Johnny
Of Course, the difference is, he has Obamal Blessing: Hot Air: Kerry to go to Iran posted at 10:55 am on December 24, 2009 by Ed Morrissey The Iranian people have gone into the streets once again to protest against the tyranny of the mullahs after the...
- Bolton
Washington Post Time for an Israeli Strike? by John R. BoltonThursday, July 2, 2009 With Iran's hard-line mullahs and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps unmistakably back in control, Israel's decision of whether to use military force against...
- National Council Of Resistance Of Iran - Iran Opens Nuke Warhead Center
Gertz: Opposition: Iran opens warhead center, has accelerated nuclear program LONDON -- An Iranian opposition group said Teheran has launched a new stage of its nuclear project, which included the establishment of a facility...
- Iran & The Bomb: Arms Control Wonk
ArmsControlWonk has three long and detailed posts on Iran's nuclear program. It's required reading, complete with excellent maps and diagrams. Warning, this is a self-proclaimed wonk and these posts are considerably geeked out on the technicalities...
- The Day After We Bomb Iran
Every week rumors fly around the blogosphere that the US and/or Israel is preparing to bomb Iran in order to stop their nuclear weapons program. So let’s play a game of Best Case Scenario. Under the Best Case Scenario the US bombs all 300 or so sites...
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Our Bad Iranian Options
I'll admit that I like this column because it echoes what I've been saying for a while. Still, it's a good piece worth reading. Robert Kagan, author of one of my favorite short books on recent US-European relations, writes about our Iranian options in the Washington Post.
If an air and missile strike could destroy Iran's nuclear weapons program, it might seem the best of many bad options. But the likely costs outweigh the benefits. ... Unless we were prepared to escalate, ultimately to the point of taking down the regime, we could end up in worse shape than when we began.
Then Kagan entertains a little wishful thinking. Maybe, just maybe, if we keep our fingers crossed and eat all our vegetables, we can support domestic regime change. [If you listen closely, you can hear me laughing.]
Still, Kagan is a smart guy. He returns to the real world.
But we shouldn't delude ourselves. Efforts to foment political change won't necessarily bear fruit in time to prevent Iran from acquiring a bomb. That may be the risk we have to take. But if this or the next administration decides it is too dangerous to wait for political change, then the answer will have to be an invasion, not merely an air and missile strike, to put an end to Iran's nuclear program as well as to its regime.Now more than ever it is important that we not delude ourselves. The stakes are too high and the threats all too terrible.
- First There Was Hanoi Jane Now There's Tehran Johnny
Of Course, the difference is, he has Obamal Blessing: Hot Air: Kerry to go to Iran posted at 10:55 am on December 24, 2009 by Ed Morrissey The Iranian people have gone into the streets once again to protest against the tyranny of the mullahs after the...
- Bolton
Washington Post Time for an Israeli Strike? by John R. BoltonThursday, July 2, 2009 With Iran's hard-line mullahs and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps unmistakably back in control, Israel's decision of whether to use military force against...
- National Council Of Resistance Of Iran - Iran Opens Nuke Warhead Center
Gertz: Opposition: Iran opens warhead center, has accelerated nuclear program LONDON -- An Iranian opposition group said Teheran has launched a new stage of its nuclear project, which included the establishment of a facility...
- Iran & The Bomb: Arms Control Wonk
ArmsControlWonk has three long and detailed posts on Iran's nuclear program. It's required reading, complete with excellent maps and diagrams. Warning, this is a self-proclaimed wonk and these posts are considerably geeked out on the technicalities...
- The Day After We Bomb Iran
Every week rumors fly around the blogosphere that the US and/or Israel is preparing to bomb Iran in order to stop their nuclear weapons program. So let’s play a game of Best Case Scenario. Under the Best Case Scenario the US bombs all 300 or so sites...