It's actually a reasonable article, once you understand the underlying logic

Submitted by Johnboy (Australia), Jun 24, 2012 at 21:15

The logic is this: since the only country that actually wants to go to war with Iran is too puny to win such a war then nothing can stop the Iranians from getting a nuke IF THAT IS WHAT THEY WANT.

Given that reality then there isn't much point on wish, wish, wishing for some other outcome i.e. you may as well make the best of it and rationalize why a nuke-armed Iran ain't actually the beginning of the end of the world.

Which is precisely what Waltz has done, and I for one think that this is a much better course of action than all the apocalyptic and apoplectic hysteria coming from the We Must Stop Iran No Matter What The Cost camp.

Daniel, the USA is not going to bomb Iran, and the cost to Israel of going it alone is horrific compared to the paltry results that it can achieve with its F-15s and F-16s.

I know you don't LIKE that idea, but you may as well accept it - just like Mr Waltz already has.

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