An Attack on Iran Would Backfire
Nauman Asghar, Punjab University | August 22, 2008
A strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, whether by the US or Israel, is a disastrous idea. ++ If Iran is attacked oil prices may rise to $200 a barrel which would be a hard hit for the global economy. ++ Iranian nuclear facilities are too widely dispersed to be fully destroyed by warplanes, which means an attack would only delay the progress towards getting a bomb; it is also likely to harden Tehran's resolve to achieve nuclear capabilities. ++ The US must eat humble pie and stop trying to extend its imperial hegemony.
