U. S. Strike On Iran Could Make Iraq Look Like A Warm-Up Bout

In Iran, a galvanizing of a splintered nation. An end to hopes for political reform, a rally-around-the-leader phenomenon common among the victimized, an ability to rebuild a nuclear program in two to four years. These are the potential costs of a U.S. military strike in Iran. "It would be Iran's Pearl Harbor and it will be the beginning of a war, not the end of a war. It will set back American strategic interests for a generation," says Joseph Cirincione, the director for non-proliferation at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. "The war will take place at a time and location of Iran's choosing. It will make Iraq look like a preliminary bout." But the cost of inaction could be even higher: a defiant nation with an apparently unstable leadership steeped in hatred for Americans in the heart of the Middle East with nuclear capabilities. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article12747.htm

Note: http://www.informationc...