After Iran Gets the Bomb
Foreign Affairs / James M. Lindsay
23-Mar-2010 (3 comments)

The Islamic Republic of Iran is determined to become the world's tenth nuclear power. It is defying its international obligations and resisting concerted diplomatic pressure to stop it from enriching uranium. It has flouted several UN Security Council resolutions directing it to suspend enrichment and has refused to fully explain its nuclear activities to the International Atomic Energy Agency. Even a successful military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities would delay Iran's program by only a few years, and it would almost certainly harden Tehran's determination to go nuclear. The ongoing political unrest in Iran could topple the regime, leading to fundamental changes in Tehran's foreign policy and ending its pursuit of nuclear weapons. But that is an outcome that cannot be assumed. If Iran's nuclear program continues to progress at its current rate, Tehran could have the nuclear material needed to build a bomb before U.S. President Barack Obama's current term in office expires.

The dangers of Iran's entry into the nuclear club are well known: emboldened by this development, Tehran might multiply its attempts at subverting its neighbors and encouraging terrorism against the United States and Israel; the risk of both conventional and nuclear war in the Middle East would escalate; more states in the region might also want to become nuclear powers; the geopolitical balance in the Middle East would be reordered; and broader efforts to stop the spread of nuclear we... >>>

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vildemose

Tehran might multiply its

by vildemose on

Tehran might multiply its attempts at subverting its neighbors and encouraging terrorism against the United States and Israel; the risk of both conventional and nuclear war in the Middle East would escalate; more states in the region might also want to become nuclear powers; the geopolitical balance in the Middle East would be reordered; and broader efforts to stop the spread of nuclear we... >>>

Too true. The risk of a neurtron bomb raining down on the Iranian people will increase ten fold given the insanity of the criminal gang of the IRI, and people like "No fear" will get their death wish fulfilled.


No Fear

" We"? Who is this "We"?

by No Fear on

Seems like you have already picked your side. Who wants to attack iran now? a zionist israeli is the only type who advocates such an attack.

And you expect a surgical strike not to have any consequences? You think Iran is gonna sit by and watch when you take out its infrastructures and don't retaliate??

You be the first one who will be choking blood in Tel Aviv when Iran is attacked while you watch in horror your skin falling off your body.

Even a idiot like Bush along with dick cheney & Co.  knew the consequences of any attack on Iran. 


mahmoudg

hence, why, if we attack now

by mahmoudg on

we would stop this madness to reach the end of days proportions.  Attacking surgically would certainly have far less negative consequences, than letting the Iranians themselves bring about change, which would be far bloodier.  Surgical attacks would only have the collateral damage of the pasdars and basij, who are brainwashed terrorists anyways.