the US should not attack Iran

War will affect the economy negatively There is no doubt that the US involvement in the war on terror , namely the Iraq and Afghanistan wars had an adverse effect on the economy. The wars with Iraq and Afghanistan led to the devastation of the economy. The wars were a budget busting disaster for the US and led to a higher national debt, deficit spending and increased bond sales to Asian banks. The US dollar also fell considerable against the Euro and caused panic in the world's economy. Evidently The wars did not improve our economy, in fact it led to the crash we experienced , the worst since the great depression. we are still in recovery and trying to improve our economy. However we have not fully recovered. A war with Iran I believe will stall the recovery and hurt the economy. The Iranians With the recent protests in Iran last year it is evident that the citizens are at odds with their leaders. Attacking Iran would harm thousands of innocent citizens and destroy their society. I believe war will have an adverse effect on the Iranians as those who wanted to overthrow their government will come to its defense. The Iranians may hate their Ayatollah which we actually created due to our meddling known as the 1953 Iranian coup d'ï¿½tat, but I believe that the moment war is waged they will come together and fight against the invading army. The war like that of Iraq and Afghanistan would be very prolonged Nuclear Weapons already in the region It has been stated that we should attack Iran to stop them from building nuclear weapons and attacking Israel. Per the argument for war, Iran would give terrorist access to their weapons if developed and we should launch a preemptive attack to prevent any threat to Israel. I oppose this stance as Iran has insisted that their impending nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes. it should be noted that the region already has countries with nuclear weapons that are not sympathetic to Israel and infact may pose a bigger threat than Iran. Pakistan is one such country. Pakistan has nuclear weapons and is a very unstable country even more so than Iran. In fact Pakistan was were Osama Bin laden was living for years before we got him. Pakistan is also a breeding ground and home to terrorist groups such as Al queda. Pakistan and India Pakistan acquired their nuclear weapons in response to their neighbour India who had nuclear weapons. these two nations hate each other , however they have not obliterated each other with their nuclear weapons. In that same principle, with Israel having their nuclear weapons , I believe the Iranians have a right to acquire their own. Dejavu' The Iranian nuclear programme is clouded in doubts as not much is known about what they are doing. The united states has been down this road before, and is still feeling the consequences of actions based upon faulty information and rushed decisions. WMD anyone? I believe diplomacy and sanctions are best at this point. war is never the best policy when so many doubts exists. In the words of Mahatma Gandhi - "I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent"