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Sunday, January 22, 2006
A Military Option for Iran? http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/7/newsid_3014000/3014623.stm Now we are facing an entirely different picture per the news reports today. We would have to hit about 1,000 sites over a protracted period. Presumably these operating plants would both risk nuclear contamination and the strikes would cause numerous killings and woundings. Israel says that it does not have the military resources to carry out such an operation. Iran both has strong potential supporters (Russia, China, neighboring states) and a ground for resentment towards the two major powers, the U.S. and Britain, that replaced the reform government of Mossadeq in 1953 with the brutal regime of the Shah -- they have a moral edge on us from the past: http://www.iranonline.com/newsroom/Archive/Mossadeq/ In addition to the above Iran is in a position to punish attackers with a redirection of oil to friends and/or an increase in prices along with another discontented critic of the U.S., Hugo Chavez. Thus, on pragmatic grounds a military attack on Iran is also a loser. And so history catches up with nations that have abused others. -- "A war is just if there is no alternative, and the resort to arms is legitimate if they represent your last hope." (Livy) -- Ed Kent 718-951-5324 (voice mail only) [blind copies] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PeaceEfforts http://BlogByEdKent.blogspot.com/ http://www.bloggernews.net Blogger News Network is advertiser-supported, and your visits to our advertisers help BNN to meet its expenses. Help keep us afloat! posted by Ed Kent at 7:06 AM |
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