Unthinkable (89 page)

air strikes in,
229
–66,
273
–74,
289
,
313
,
344
,
380
,
394
–95,
397
–402,
405
–8,
413
–16

battle areas in,
230

building international support for,
251
–53

casualties in,
264
,
270
–71

costs of,
270
–72,
398

domestic opinion on,
225
,
244
,
255
–57

first strike by Iran in,
272
–75,
308
,
415

impact on Iran of,
233
–38

importance of foreign U.S. bases in,
247
–48,
258
,
267
,
268
,
284

international reaction to,
243
–53

invasion in,
262
–75,
289

Iranian political fallout from,
236
–38

military aspects of,
231
–33,
247
,
266
–68

naval blockade in,
226
–29

post-invasion occupation and,
268
–70

rebuilding of nuclear program following,
235
,
238
–40,
248
,
251
,
264
,
399
,
400

regime change through,
240
–43

retaliation for,
247
,
250
,
257
–62,
263
,
264
–65,
267
–68,
271
–72,
399
–400,
407

ultimatum prior to,
253
–55

unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones),
231
–33,
247

uranium,
35
–40,
198
–99

enrichment of,
36
,
37
–38,
39
–40,
42
–43,
45
,
48
–50,
51
,
87
,
140
–42,
162
–63,
264

high-enriched (HEU),
49
,
50
,
54

low-enriched (LEU),
49
,
54
,
57
,
108
,
125
–26,
132
,
142
,
254
–55,
379

medical uses of,
125
–26,
133

medium-enriched (MEU),
49
,
50
,
54
,
57

purity levels of,
49
–50,
54
,
62
,
125

V-22 Osprey aircraft,
194

Vaez, Ali,
41
,
196

Venezuela,
301
,
362

Vienna,
126
,
132
,
339

Viet Cong,
315

Vietnam,
78
,
237
,
372

Vietnam War,
xv
,
339
–40

Vincennes,
USS,
257

Wahhab, Muhammad Ibn ‘Abd al-,
15

Wahhabis (Salafiyya Muslims),
15

Walesa, Lech,
385

Wall Street Journal,
299

Waltz, Kenneth N.,
73
–74,
76
,
81
,
110
–11

war games,
205
,
218
,
263

War of 1812,
228

Warsaw Pact,
312
,
346

Washington, D.C.,
29
,
74
,
85
,
158
,
183
,
279

Café Milano in,
24
,
33
,
304

Washington Post,
58

Waxman, Matt,
246

weapons of mass destruction (WMDs),
44
–48,
52
,
68
–70,
153

chemical and biological agents in,
68
–69,
71

Husayn's elimination of,
9
,
46
–47,
151

Iranian,
227
,
272
,
305
–6

Iraqi,
9
,
46
–47,
69
,
71
,
143
,
151
,
233
,
420
,
449
,
451

proliferation of,
97
–99

radiological weapons (“dirty bombs”) as,
68

Wen Jiabao,
99

West Bank,
215

WikiLeaks,
197
,
249

women's rights,
172

World Trade Organization (WTO),
205
–6

World War I,
70
–71

battles of,
300

U-boat blockade of,
228
,
300

World War II,
23
,
71
,
79
,
83
,
300
,
383
,
418

Yadlin, Amos,
57
,
141
,
202

Yale University,
297

Yedioth Ahronoth
(Israel),
215

Yemen,
27
,
32
,
70
,
247
,
316

civil war in,
11
,
317

Iranian interests in,
11
,
32
,
65
,
79
,
84
,
317

Yugoslavia,
78
,
90
,
383

Zagros Mountains,
191

Zakaria, Fareed,
197

Zarif, Maseh,
322
,
407

Zionism,
144
,
203

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