No. of Recommendations: 2
I think it was a foolhardy move to attack Iran like this, and that doesn't really change simply because the attack was well executed.
I believe it is an axiom in law that you don't ask a question you don't already know the answer to.
In this case, my question is "who will take over in Iran"? Best case, it's the people celebrating in the streets. Worst case, it's another radical cleric and/or leader of the Revolutionary Guard. We don't know that answer. I don't think we really have a clue. It seems someone has thought that far ahead, or at least we haven't seen any evidence of it so far.
And I still question the legality of it, given Congress' actions to revoke such authority (I think last summer). In which case, all the generals/admirals that obeyed those orders were obeying illegal orders.
