What to do with Iran

What to do with Iran? Iran is on the verge of going nuclear. Can we allow Iran to simply go down the road, almost unnoticed, and acquire nukes? I don’t think so. When/if they do, it will have a greatly destabilizing affect on the Middle East. Relations between Iran and Iraq are tense as Iran is making its best effort to destabilize Iraq’s fledgling democracy. Iran has called for the destruction of Israel. Such statements, not surprising, do not sit well with Israel’s current government. President Bush has listed Iran with countries comprising an “axis of evil” not a good list to be on. Ask Saddam.

So what to do? Attack and occupation of a country the size of Iran with its forbidding terrain is problematic, to say the least. Even an attack on and occupation of a certain number of strategic nodes in Iran would make the Iraq war appear to be an effortless operation for Boy Scouts by comparison. The amount of troops and logistical support to carry out such an operation would tax planners to the limit.

Well we could take the DemoRATS approach and try to talk them to death or rather have the French talk them to death. Hey…maybe they are on to something. At least if they don’t get rid of the nukes, the Iranians will be punished by being in the same room as a Frenchman. But then who could stand it for more than a few minutes…the smell alone I mean? So those talks are doomed from the start. We could take another DemoRAT approach support the war when it is politically popular and then advocate a cut and run strategy - sort of voting for it before you vote against it. Or the final DemoRAT option, blame Iran’s nuclear ambitions on America. If America weren’t such a bully, peace loving Iran would have no use for nukes. So it’s all our fault and we should unilaterally destroy our own nuclear weapons. Because we have treated him so poorly, and he did such a good job getting rid of his own weapons, we could have Saddam verify the destruction.

Well here’s an idea, for a start have the Israelis turn out the lights in Tehran. We learned during our Bosnia experience that from 30,000 feet we can turn out the lights of a major city using chaff bombs. Once the lights go out the people will have an opportunity rise up and push the Mullahas out. But we know the Israelis don’t know how to execute such half measures. They will simply go in and reduce whatever facilities necessary to rubble. Well that’s another solution. Anyone who thinks that this president and the Israelis are going to sit by watching while Iran goes nuclear hasn’t been paying attention.