re: #290 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

And yet, it would take an invasion and occupation to attain the supposed goal of any sanctions or military strike, namely bring Iranian nuclear weapons production to a halt. Anything less would accomplish only two things: Slow development and kill pro-US sentiments amongst the population.

That too. It’s really damned if you do, damned if you don’t. While an airstrike might neutralize any future nuclear threat it would embolden them and provide a propaganda victory. In essence it would all the regime in power now to say, “see, what did we tell you?” We have to proceed very slowly here. The ultimate goal should remain diplomacy in hopes that they come to their senses at least until a time that the people within Iran institute a regime change themselves.