[lit-ideas] Re: Iran, Iraq, Israel....it's coming to a head fast, looks like

  • From: Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2006 17:51:02 -0400

>>Yep, time to start another war.

Been reading the 53 pp. report "Iranian Nuclear Weapons? The Options if Diplomacy Fails" by Anthony H. Cordesman and Khalid R. Al-Rodhan [Working Draft, Revised: April 7, 2006--from CSIS] You can access the pdf document through the main page: http://www.csis.org/isp/

It's worth reading. Lists options--likely consequences too--for many scenarios involving sanctions, bombings, Iranian counterattacks, etc.

The bottom line on military action is that

"If the US chose to strike at the necessary level of intensity, it could use conventional weapons to cripple Iran's ability to function as a nation in a matter of days with attacks limited to several hundred aim points. "

The options are quite complex and so are the consequences.

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