Results of expert Wargame on IRAN: "NO MILITARY SOLUTION"

[elehhhhna]

So this is how the war game turned out: with a finding that the next American President must, through bluff and patience, change the actions of a government whose motives he does not understand well, and over which his influence is limited. "After all this effort, I am left with two simple sentences for policymakers," Sam Gardiner said of his exercise. "You have no military solution for the issues of Iran. And you have to make diplomacy work."

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/200412/fallows

[grytpype]

1. And this was December 2004.

The prospects must be even worse now.

But this won't stop the neocons, they are totally unaccoutable for failure.

[BillZBubb]

2. Of course none of this will stop the neo-cons.

They make up "reality" as they go. They and the Israeli's will whisper in Dumbya's ear: "You are the greatest president of all, you can defeat any enemy. The people love you. Don't listen to the naysayers, they don't know how powerful you are. You will be a hero and bring democracy to the world!"

[slor]

3. The wargames for Iraq revealed a deadly insurgency...

did it stop them?

[kenny blankenship]

4. Attacking Iran will also entail the deaths of many US soldiers in Iraq

and a violent departure of our forces from Iraq in ignominious defeat.
If the Shi'ites of Iraq became as agitated against us as the Sunnis are there would be no safe place in that country for an American soldier anywhere, anytime.

[elehhhhna]

5. Kick. 2 more noms and ...