Alan Kuperman: Another Benny Morris School Armchair General
Huffington Post / Joseph A. Palermo
25-Dec-2009 (2 comments)

On the 30th anniversary of the ill-fated Soviet invasion of Afghanistan another lesson in armchair military sophistry graces the op-ed pages of the New York Times. This time around it's not Benny Morris who is calling for military aggression against Iran to stop its nuclear program but another armchair general from the academy, Alan Kuperman. In his editorial titled "There's Only One Way to Stop Iran", Kuperman yells "Charge!" from the safety of his office at the University of Texas, Austin.

More macho chest thumping follows as Kuperman writes that U.S. air strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities would "remind Iran of the many other valuable sites that could be bombed if it were foolish enough to retaliate." Here Kuperman's recipe for success might require nothing short of the systematic, prolonged, and savage bombardment of a nation of 70 million people.

Kuperman never mentions the potential cost in civilian deaths in Iran stemming from such an assault that might anger the population. The air strikes Kuperman fantasizes about are so surgical and precise they won't even skin the knee of an Iranian child.

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MM

9/12/02: Allan Kuperman argues against unilateral intervention

by MM on Sun Dec 27, 2009 10:42 AM PST

On November 12th, 2002, Allan Kuperman argued against unilateral intervention in Iraq.  Now, he advocates unilateral strikes against Iran.  Here are the possibilities for a change of heart by Allan Kuperman:

A. Allan Kuperman has evolved into a hawk in 7 years 

B. As the Mounds candy commercial says "Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't" 

C.  Or, is it that sometimes you are pressured by other groups, let's say....AIPAC?, to state a case against your beliefs?  i.e., a puppet.

I vote for C, so do other websites.

 


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Bavafa

Some hot air you would expect to hear from GWB type criminal

by Bavafa on Fri Dec 25, 2009 09:58 PM PST

The sheer criminal nature of these bunch is beyond belief to speak so bluntly of bombing another nation. Nazis tried that and justice was finally brought upon them. Now, let this empire of USA try the same path.

Mehrdad


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