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Sure sounds nice on paper, but it's not quite that easy. Iran's nuclear program is spread around the country, and cannot be stopped with a swift strike like Iraq's in the 80's.
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It doesnt need to be swift. Just thorough.
They will need to do enrichment on a large scale to develop enough for weapons. They need every facility they can build. Destroying them can only delay their development, perhaps indefinitely.
It is not a permanent solution, but it will accomplish our goals in the short term.
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Even if it were hit, it would only be a question of time before Iran regains lost ground.
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Since we can bomb them at will, they can never "regain" lost ground. Anything they build we can destroy. They cant stop us.
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Like North Korea, Iran has a lever over the US; namely Iraq. Iran could put great pressure on the Shiite majority and increase the amounts of civil unrest.
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An empty threat, since they are likely to do that anyway.
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Enough to topple the government?
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Probably not. Or they would have already done so by now.