a military option, is not a viable, feasible, responsible option,
RET. AIR FORCE LT COL. SAM GARDINER
You have no military solution for the issues of Iran. And you have to make diplomacy work.
JOSEPH CIRINCIONE, CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT
[A] military strike would be disastrous for the United States.
the president of the United States does not have a military option. He can say he has a military option; he does not have a military option.
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AND DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES
the CIA and DIA have war-gamed the likely consequences of a U.S. pre-emptive strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. No one liked the outcome. As an Air Force source tells it, ‘The war games were unsuccessful at preventing the conflict from escalating.
FORMER COUNTERTERROR CHIEF RICHARD CLARKE
[W]e’ve thought about military options against Iran off and on for the last 20 years, and they’re just not good, because you don’t know what the end game is.
clipped from: thinkprogress.org 
