What ‘Bomb Iran’ Really Takes
(New York Post)…Ralph Peters, July 17, 2008
My greatest worry on Iran’s nuclear threat to civilization isn’t the military option. It’s trying that option on the cheap.
Military strikes must be the last resort. Even a successful attack would panic oil markets, interrupt supplies to an unknown degree and make enemies of the Iranian people for another generation.
Without compromising any secrets – the Iranians already know what we’d need to do …
Screw up the effort, and today’s oil prices will double or triple, with severe downstream shortages showing up in a matter of weeks – every oil tanker’s insurance will be canceled immediately, even if the Straits of Hormuz remain open (unlikely).
And we’ll be in the global doghouse.
Ralph Peters’ new book is “Looking for Trouble: Adventures in a Broken World.”
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