Source: Eunomia
by Daniel Larison
“According to The Wall Street Journal, Trump is considering military action against Iran’s nuclear facilities …. The surest way to convince the Iranian government to build nuclear weapons is to attack their nuclear facilities. In addition to being reckless and wrong, ‘preventive’ military action would practically guarantee the outcome that hawks say they want to prevent. The only thing stupider than using force to eliminate a non-existent threat is using force to create a threat that wouldn’t have existed otherwise. An attack on Iran’s facilities would also likely trigger a larger conflict, as the Iranian government would feel compelled to retaliate against U.S. forces and U.S. clients in the region.” (12/13/24)
https://daniellarison.substack.com/p/attacking-iran-would-be-insane