ATTACK AGAINST IRAN WOULD BE MORE STUPID THAN IRAQ INVASION

Reports today indicate that there were anti-Ahmadinejad demonstrations at Teheran University. Iranians are not all supporters of the Iranian president.

The BBC reports:

"A rare anti-government demonstration has been held in the Iranian capital during a speech at Tehran University by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. There were scuffles as hundreds of supporters and opponents of the president gathered outside the venue. Eyewitnesses said police used tear gas to hold the demonstrators back. Student leaders had challenged Mr Ahmadinejad to meet them after he spoke at Columbia University in the US of the freedoms enjoyed by Iranian students. The BBC's Jon Leyne in Tehran says all gates to the university were locked and journalists were prevented from entering."

But imagine what would happen if George Bush and the U.S. military carry out a strike against Iran and/or its nuclear installations. The whole Iranian people would be instantly unified against the U.S. and American aggression. An attack by Bush would immediately make all Iranians determined to retaliate against America and Americans where ever they might be. There would be everlasting enmity between Iran and the U.S., and this would last for the next 500 years. The one thing George Bush could do that would be more catastrophic and more boneheaded for American policy and world peace than the unjustified invasion of Iraq would be an attack against Iran.

Furthermore there is no reason to use military force against Iran. Consider what would happen if Iran did obtain or fabricate nuclear weapons. Would it use them against Israel? No way, unless the whole Iranian nation were on a course of self-immolation. Israel has hundreds of nuclear weapons and would instantly use them against Iran. The same is true if Iran gave a nuclear device to one of its agents for use in the U.S. Therefore, if Iran gets nuclear weapons, it is not the end of the world. Pakistan has nuclear weapons. So does India. So does China, Russia, England and France. And don't forget about the huge nuclear arsenal of the U.S.