US Strike On Iran Leads To Total Destabilization In The Middle East

According to Sammy Salama and Karen Ruster:

"In the event of an American or Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, it is likely that Iran would attempt to take advantage of its extensive list of allies in Iraq to further sour the U.S. occupation and provoke clashes between U.S. troops and Iraqi Shi'a, which may well result in a popular Iraqi Shi'a uprising against the American presence in Iraq. In such an event, American casualties and costs would multiply exponentially as Iraq further disintegrates into Lebanon-style violence. Such developments would prove disastrous for U.S. interests in the Middle East and negate any perceived or actual benefits that may be gained from destroying Iran's nuclear facilities. The fact is that the strategic usefulness of a successful preemptive attack on Iran's nuclear facilities is likely to be short-lived if the United States gets further bogged down in Iraq."

A strike on Iran would be totally a flawed act currently as the US cannot sustain another war. The public is against the current Iraq war and we must not start another war with more deaths on both sides with noting getting accomplished.

We must not take any risks that can end in failure and mass chaos in the Middle East. The United States must take a more international stand to have a footing in the Middle East. The US has already lost almost all of the support for the Iraq war and must rebuild our political capital if we want to be able to be effective in the future.