The Washington Post - Gulf War III isn't an option

Eugene Robinson published an article on the Washington Post, yesterday February 24, 2012. His argument was if, or when the United States attacks Iran for its acquisition of WMD's (weapons of mass destruction), will the outcome of the war be good or bad? Robinson's post is mainly targeted toward the American public. This post must let the people understand and realize the potential effects of a possible nuclear war with Iran could do. Robinson states "the only war for a 'rogue' government to survive is to make a bomb." This idea that Iran could possibly have or be working towards making a bomb scares many Americans, therefore war is questionable. In my opinion, if we were to go to war with Iran right now it could help us, and it could hurt simultaneously. The good side of the war is that it could pull us out of this "Great Recession" that the country has plunged into, similar to the way World War II pulled the United States out of the Great Depression. The bad side could be the fact that the potential use of nuclear weapons could scar the land surrounding Iran, and worsen the United States foreign relations with the middle east. One of the options that was suggested regarding the Iranian WMD's is to delay the progress. According to Robinson, simple attacks on Iran would not be enough to hold them off on creating a bomb. We would have to launch a full scale bombing campaign across the country of Iran. I believe the war is inevitable, and Iran is becoming a powerful enemy to the United States and in order to delay or prevent them from acquiring dangerous weapons of mass destruction, we must go to war.