THE END OF THE “SUMMER OF DIPLOMACY”: ASSESSING U.S. MILITARY OPTIONS

[Tenten]

Source: http://tinyurl.com/eoc8t
http://www.tcf.org/publications/internationalaffairs/gardiner_summer_diplomacy.pdf

Pdf document.

Extract :

"In order to understand the position of those within the U.S. government
• Iran is developing weapons of mass destruction—that is most likely true.
• Iran is ignoring the international community—true.
• Iran supports Hezbollah and terrorism—true.
• Iran is increasingly inserting itself in Iraq and beginning to be involved in Afghanistan—true.
• The people of Iran want a regime change—most likely an exaggeration.
• Sanctions are not going to work—most likely true.
• You cannot negotiate with these people—not proven.
If you understand these seven points as truth, you can see why the administration is very close to being left with only the military option"

 

[Mr. Premise]

Here's the extract that I like from that article:

Unfortunately, the military option does not make sense. When I discuss the
possibility of an American military strike on Iran with my European friends,
they invariably point out that an armed confrontation does not make sense-
that it would be unlikely to yield any of the results that American policymakers
do want, and that it would be highly likely to yield results that they do not. I
tell them they cannot understand U.S. policy if they insist on passing options
through that filter. The "making sense" filter was not applied over the past four
years for Iraq, and it is unlikely to be applied in evaluating whether to attack
Iran.

 

[dhess31]

Unless you are a Zionist, in which case getting the US to attack Iran makes PERFECT sense.

Since for some reason Bush seems to be a wee-bit reticent about attacking Iran for whatever reason, SOMETHING will happen that makes the masses clamour for an attack.

Don