Last time, they assured us that invading Iraq would cost us practically nothing -- which turned out wrong.
Evidently, the critics intend to embroil the United States and Israel
in a series of military strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities,
another strategy that will not achieve any enduring impact. Is their
real plan a full-scale land invasion leading to "regime change"? Unlike
Iraq, the target of the last misadventure promoted by these same
savants, Iran has a large and well-equipped military. Last time, the
neoconservative advocates of war assured us that invading Iraq would
cost us practically nothing -- a prediction that was tragically wrong.
What will their bad advice cost us this time?
The
American people support Obama's use of internationally backed sanctions
to achieve a negotiated agreement rather than armed conflict -- and now
his approach is proving more effective than the belligerent attitude
promoted by his critics over the past decade. Let us hope that he and
Kerry, both of whom deserve enormous credit for their moral courage and
pertinacity, will be able to bring forth a signed agreement by the next
deadline in late June.
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