Don't do it: The case against war with Iran
The American Prospect
by Matthew Yglesias
04/19/06
Should we go to war with Iran? The short answer is 'no.' The long answer is 'hell no.' As the rumbles of war are heard over the horizon, many feel they’ve heard this whole story before. But with all due respect to those who correctly ascertained in advance that backing Bush's march on Baghdad was insane, following the neoconservatives to Teheran would be far, far, far more insane. The United States military is, for one thing, in much worse shape today than it was in March 2003 with far fewer resources at its disposal (see the Iraq War). The Iranian military, meanwhile, is in better shape than Iraq's army was, since it hasn't been subjected to more than a decade of stifling sanctions. ... Fully half of Iranians are Shiite Persians, so we're talking about a nationalist backlash with a population base about four or five times as large as the one we're facing in Iraq...
https://www.prospect.org/web/view-web.ww?id=11431
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Matthew Yglesias
04/19/06
Should we go to war with Iran? The short answer is 'no.' The long answer is 'hell no.' As the rumbles of war are heard over the horizon, many feel they’ve heard this whole story before. But with all due respect to those who correctly ascertained in advance that backing Bush's march on Baghdad was insane, following the neoconservatives to Teheran would be far, far, far more insane. The United States military is, for one thing, in much worse shape today than it was in March 2003 with far fewer resources at its disposal (see the Iraq War). The Iranian military, meanwhile, is in better shape than Iraq's army was, since it hasn't been subjected to more than a decade of stifling sanctions. ... Fully half of Iranians are Shiite Persians, so we're talking about a nationalist backlash with a population base about four or five times as large as the one we're facing in Iraq...
https://www.prospect.org/web/view-web.ww?id=11431
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 20. Apr, 14:57
