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Writer says war won't stop nuclear program
The possibility of a United States or Israeli war to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions has been an obsession among foreign policy wonks, diplomats and journalists for some time.
Many Iran experts believe such a war would be a disaster that would fail to halt Iran's nuclear program. Michael Axworthy is one of them.
During the 1970s, the British author and former diplomat traveled to Iran many times while his parents lived and worked there. He joined the British foreign service in 1986, serving as a head of the Iran desk from 1998 to 2000.
The view from Tehran
IMAGINE this scenario for a moment. The Soviet Union never died, the Cold War never ended. The Russians invaded and occupied both Canada and Mexico, then in both countries installed "puppet" governments of their own.
As Americans, wouldn't we feel that it was within our rights to harass and undermine these hostile new regimes?
That, more or less, is where Iran finds itself today. The United States is Iran's sworn enemy. And yet American forces overthrew the governments in Afghanistan and Iraq, Iran's eastern and western neighbors, and then installed new regimes.
