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Norman is full of it. Edward N. Luttwak: "Three reasons not to bomb Iran - yet"

Iran is a past and future ally. We should seek regime change without alienating most of the Iranian people who are on our side. I am not ruling out bombing as a last resort, but we would be better served if we can support the domestic opposition and use covert means to get rid of the mullahs.

Norman is full of it. Iran is a past and future ally. We should seek regime change without alienating most of the Iranian people who are on our side.

Utter nonsense.

The idea that the Iranian people are 'on our side' is absurd when one considers that the mullahs have had 28 years to brainwash the populace and purge any serious and lingering pro-American sentiment within their society, let alone within whatever passes for a 'government'.

And the extent of control and surveillance of the mullahcracy into everyday Iranian lives far exceeds even the worst excesses of the Shah's regime.

It is all well and good to promote the idea of instigating regime change on Iran by supporting those elements that oppose the mullahs, but that is nothing more than a crap shoot with no guarantee of success, and because we are looking at an impending nuclear Iran, we have to go with a sure bet, not a gamble.

The sure bet is raining destruction from the skies the likes of which Ahmadinejad and his crew have never imagined. It may well be true that the Iranians will 'rally 'round the nutcase' if U.S. bombs begin to fall, and if so - so be it.

The alternative of waiting, waiting, and waiting some more while dubious covert efforts are taken to try and destablize Iran is too risky. In fact, in addition to precisely targeted and limited air strikes on Iran's military and command infrastructure and nuclear sites, an example should be made of Iran for no other reason than they have now taken upon themselves the mantle of 'local big dawg on the block', and think they're calling the shots in the region, so to put them in their proper place, target a nuke on Qom, with Ground Zero at the Jamkaran Mosque where their mythical 'mahdi' is supposed to be hiding in a well.

Literally wipe that city from the face of the Earth, just like Hiroshima and Nagasaki. If there is to be an uprising against the mullahs, that will provoke it because if their 'holiest Muslim city' is suddenly reduced to radioactive rubble, they will of course blame the United States (and they already blame us for everything so what's the difference?), but they will also blame Ahmadinejad and the mullahs for bringing down such devestation upon them.

That's the plan: Nuke Qom, use nuclear-tipped bunker busters if necessary to take out the hardened nuke sites, destroy Iran's military resources (air, naval, land) with U.S.-based plus Naval-based airpower.

30 days, and Iran will truly become what they've always sought to be: a 9th century power.

And the world can breathe a little easier, if only for a little while.

I mostly agree with your assessment. I would add that a declaration of war be declared if/when an attack is warranted. We must respond if a nuclear threat is made against Israel.

I doubt we will see a coaltion of countries to join us in this effort.

The domestic opposition isn't doing diddly. Your fine sentiment is a recipe for inaction and inaction means millions of incinerated people within a decade. Not acceptable.