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Tigerhawk for President

September 10, 2008 - 1:37 am - by Richard Fernandez
sfrcook
2008-09-10 06:29:10

Ok. Here is a question I would like to ask each of the candidates:

“Assuming that Iran’s quest to acquire nuclear weapons is a given and that all of you have stated that such an occurrence would be a grave threat to the US, and also assuming as a given that an invasion of Iran, by the US, to prevent its acquisition of such weapons would burden the US with enormous cost in blood and treasure that are impossible to quantify, would you invade Iran if, by some prescient power, one was able to quantify the cost? Namely, if 5 years post-invasion, Iran has cost the US the exact same amount(in blood and treasure) that the invasion of Iraq cost? And that post-invasion Iran has reached the exact same level of stability and political maturity as Iraq, 5 years post-invasion?

Thank you.