The Case Against a Strike in Iran

Dr. Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, makes the case against an attack on Iran in Wednesday's Financial Times: An attack on Iran, Haass says, would trigger retaliation in Iraq and Afghanistan, causing oil prices to triple in a matter of hours and preventing recovery in the current global economic crisis. Haass also says taking military action in Iran would make it "impossible" for the country's populace to challenge their government, giving the Revolutionary Guard the opportunity to make Iran's nuclear program a top priority.