Iran News Roundup 11/7
War watch: Israeli and U.S. officials discuss military strikes on Iran This past week has seen an increased amount of war talk in both Israel and the U.S. Shimon Peres joined in, saying, “the possibility of a military attack against Iran is now closer to being applied than the application of a diplomatic option.” Yet, […]
1.4 million reasons why the military option is not really an option
With the ad nauseum invocations by American political figures that an Iran military option (or even “military solution”) is “on the table”, there has been an alarming lack of substantive discussion on what such an option would actually entail. Recently though, two pieces have provided some needed perspective on the consequences of going to war with […]
Perry’s military “solution” and the GOP candidates on Iran
Republican primary front-runner Gov. Rick Perry, was recently quoted as saying that, while he rejects military adventurism, he was “never going to take off the table our ability to have a military solution to a country like Iran.” At first glance, this might appear to be more of the same tough talk that we have […]