• The Question of a Provocation
• As noted above, in the section on the time frame for an invasion, whether the United States decides to invade Iran with or without a provocation is a critical consideration. With provocation, the international diplomatic and domestic political requirements of an invasion would be mitigated, and the more outrageous the Iranian provocation (and the less that the United States is seen to be goading Iran), the more these challenges would be diminished. In the absence of a sufficiently horrific provocation, meeting these requirements would be daunting…

Just like the PNAC wanted a new pearl harbor (9/11) to open up the Middle East theatre for the current wars, The Brookings Institute desires something equally symbolic and disastrous. Good to keep in mind…