When will we have "exhausted diplomacy"?
 

Well the upside could be the Soviet model. Let them screw their own country into the ground pursuing pipe dreams. Back in the late 80's Saddam created, on paper, the world's 4th largest land army. It destroyed his country. Today Iran is reprinting their worth-less paper currency. Let them pour billions down the atomic rat hole. Public sector investment per capita in Iran is ranked 104th in the world (slightly above Russia!!). It's ranked 47th in technological achievement (mean = 0.4, Iran = 0.26, UNDP score), 148th in economic freedom, 193% CPI (baseline FY2000), 137th in direct foreign investment...

Gee I could go on but that train has already crashed. What Iran has is about $60 billion in foreign cash deposits.

http://www.nationmaster.com/red/coun...-economy&all=1



BTW Israel is ranked 99th out of 129 countries in proportion of foreign aid to GDP. Let the haters hate, this 'massive' aid is a myth.