In a detailed report on the long term consequences of an Israeli
attack on Iran, the Oxford Research Group has concluded that, in the
end, the only way to prevent a nuclear Iran is to treat a nuclear Iran
as inevitable, and follow it with a “process of balanced regional
de-nuclearisation.” In other words, the only way to prevent a nuclear
Iran is for Israel to give up nuclear weapons after Iran becomes a
nuclear power herself.
The Oxford Research Group, it should be noted, promotes exclusively
non-violent solutions to conflict. The group warns that an Israeli
attack on Iran would trigger a long, drawn out war and fail to prevent
the Islamic State from eventually acquiring a nuclear arsenal in the
first place, concluding decisively that military action should be ruled
out as a response to Iran’s “possible nuclear weapons ambitions.”
“An Israeli attack on Iran would be the start of a protracted
conflict that would be unlikely to prevent the eventual acquisition of
nuclear weapons by Iran and might even encourage it,” the report said.
The report continued, “Long-range strike aircraft acquired from the
United States, combined with an improved fleet of tanker aircraft, the
deployment of long-range drones and the probable availability of support
facilities in northeast Iraq and Azerbaijan, all increase Israel’s
potential for action … >>>
