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US Report: Strikes on Iran Would Risk Major War

More taxing than the Iraq and Afghanistan wars combined

AP: U.S. military strikes on Iran would shake the regime's political control and damage its ability to launch counterstrikes, but the Iranians probably would manage to retaliate, directly and through surrogates, in ways that risked igniting all-out war in the Middle East, according to an assessment of an attack's costs and benefits.

The assessment said extended U.S. strikes could destroy Iran's most important nuclear facilities and damage its military forces but would only delay — not stop — the Islamic republic's pursuit of a nuclear bomb.

"You can't kill intellectual power," said retired Army Lt. Gen. Frank Kearney, who endorsed the report. He is a former deputy director at the National Counterterrorism Center and former deputy commander of U.S. Special Operations Command.

The report compiled by former government officials, national security experts and retired military officers is to be publicly released Thursday. It says achieving more than a temporary setback in Iran's nuclear program would require a military operation — including a land occupation — more taxing than the Iraq and Afghanistan wars combined >>>

13-Sep-2012
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  The entire world is tired of War. The Islamist occupiers of Iran are using this  to their advantage . The entire world should show  some  resolve and get rid of this islamist regim once and for all.


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Reminds me of another

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Reminds me of another expression:

I heard you, Do you think you've got a great business plan.......?  ....... and I wish you luck.