„Weekly Standard“<\/a>:<\/p>\n„Would it be so dangerous? That is a debate the country needs to have, publicly and frankly, before it\u2019s too late.<\/em><\/p>\nCritics of military action against Iran argue that it would open up a third front for American forces in the Middle East. Our troops would be at risk from Iranian missiles. Iran would block the Strait of Hormuz (causing oil prices to skyrocket) and use its terrorist proxies Hamas and Hezbollah to carry out attacks well beyond the Middle East, including perhaps on the U.S. homeland.<\/em><\/p>\nYet if we carried out a targeted campaign against Iran\u2019s nuclear facilities, against sites used to train and equip militants killing American soldiers, and against certain targeted terror-supporting and nuclear-enabling regime elements, the effects are just as likely to be limited.<\/em><\/p>\nIt\u2019s unclear, for example, that Iran would want to risk broadening the conflict and creating the prospect of regime decapitation. Iran\u2019s rulers have shown that their preeminent concern is maintaining their grip on power. If U.S. military action is narrowly targeted, and declared to be such, why would Iran\u2019s leaders, already under pressure at home, want to escalate the conflict, as even one missile attack on a U.S. facility or ally or a blockade of the Strait would obviously do?<\/em><\/p>\nSome in Washington seem resigned to letting Israel take action. But a U.S. failure to act in response to what is perhaps the greatest threat to American interests in decades would be irresponsible. Israel, moreover, lacks our full capabilities to do the job.<\/em><\/p>\nDespite our global commitments and our engagement in two ongoing wars, the U.S. military is fully able to carry out such a mission. Indeed, the success of President Bush\u2019s 2007 surge of forces into Iraq and of President Obama\u2019s sending additional resources to Afghanistan means we are on better footing to deal with Iran\u2019s nuclear program than we were a few years ago.“<\/em><\/p>\nMir scheint, he’s lost his marbles ( a long time ago).
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