It would be a preventive military option, not preemptive because there's no imminent threat of use [of nuclear weapons]. So it would be preventive to basically short-circuit the development. Let's take off the table that we could do with Iran what we did with Iraq. Let's take off the war option, invasion, regime change, and all that. But something more limited, to basically destroy or set back their nuclear development -- a classic preventive military strike. |
The main reason is it spreads the burden to everybody. |
You cannot go into it assuming it will stay limited, so very quickly, a limited military operation becomes a relatively unlimited military operation. |