Bombing Iran is off the table. With the latest National Intelligence Estimate saying there is no evidence that Iran is still pursuing nuclear weapons, I don't see President Bush or anyone else going to war against Iran anytime soon. The world should still keep an eye on it and demand inspections, but it shouldn't go to war.
It seems to me that the West doesn't really know what's going on in Iran. Going after the country without any real evidence isn't only morally wrong, it is also just stupid and ineffective. If we don't know if they have a nuclear program at all, then if they do have one, we can't be sure we know where the hell all the facilities are.
Knowing what we know now (or rather, knowing what we don't know), I think the risks of attacking Iran are greater than the risks of not doing so.
Farewell to Steve Silberman
1 day ago
"It seems to me that the West doesn't really know what's going on in Iran."
ReplyDelete... is as fair an "intelligence assessment" as any other. I believe indeed we don't know what they have, how much they have, what exactly are their intentions etc. Bombing would be ridiculously reckless. The best thing we can do is what we've been doing for some time now: play for time...