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edhopper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-30-07 09:46 AM
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Key paragraph from Krugman's column on Iran
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In Yesterday's NY Times, Paul Krugman wrote another blistering and insightfully attack on the failed Bush Presidency.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/29/opinion/29krugman.html?_r=1&n=Top/Opinion/Editorials%20and%20Op-Ed/Op-Ed/Columnists/Paul%20Krugman&oref=slogin

But here is the key paragraph;
Meanwhile, the idea that bombing will bring the Iranian regime to its knees — and bombing is the only option, since we’ve run out of troops — is pure wishful thinking. Last year Israel tried to cripple Hezbollah with an air campaign, and ended up strengthening it instead. There’s every reason to believe that an attack on Iran would produce the same result, with the added effects of endangering U.S. forces in Iraq and driving oil prices well into triple digits.

Not only would an attack on Iran be unjustified and immoral, but like Iraq the consequences would be a disaster. The Israeli bombing of Hezzbolah in Lebanon was sanctioned by Condi and Dick. They wanted to send Iran a message and try out a rehearsal for bombing Iran.
It was an unmitigated disaster for Israel. Something I and others saw before it started. These are people who learn nothing.
If we attack Iran, we are in for a bigger shit storm than we are in now.

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