Thanks, venividivici, for your “history” lesson, but from where I sit you are a well spoken, articulate fool.
The young age of the average Iranian argues against military action unless you wish to alienate the majority of the population, and perpetrate violence against the West. The “welcoming” showers of gratitude and flowers in Iraq was quickly squelched by the bumbling incompetence of the Provisional Authority in country. I would be hardpressed after a devastating air attack on Iran, with no followup boots on the ground, no “Provisional Authority”, to believe our “liberation” of that population would be well received by those left in the chaos in Iran. Or quickly forgotten. For all your articulation and historical perspective, you fail to mention how this detail might be handled. More bombs, perhaps? Scorched earth?
What’s more, in 936 words you could give me no answer to that simple, I dare say, ancient question of how pounding anyone into submission will act as a deterent against future ambitions and violence. Especially in the current context, whether real or imagined, of a clash of cultures, of the West against Islam, where the Shiite/Sunni divide is likely to take a backseat under the perceived threat of further Western hegemony in the region.
Your doctrine is a dangerous one, promised to benefit war profiteers and investors… but no one else. No one else. What’s in your stock portfolio…?
