re: #825 Bagua

Yes, I agree the Iraq situation is different from Iran and Saddam was a significant evil in and of himself. In Iran’s case there is no need for a significant invasion. Let them carry on with their own affairs, we just insist they stop building nuclear and missile stuff, and wreck what they have now.

This could be done with minimal casualties. All with ultimatums and warnings like the Israelis do. We don’t have to punish them by destroying their refinery or embargoing petrol unless they refuse to cooperate, and even in that case, it is only necessary to damage the electricity plant used by the actual facility, not the whole country.

Followed by a decade of air oversight and the Iranians can sort out their own politics.

This one should be defused before it gets out of hand.

It almost sounds simple! I actually have more faith in the Israelis and only because they have more experience in modern warfare and they are much closer, of course.