JUST STOP IT!

Let's get over this once and for all. We will not bomb our way to a better future. 

There is probably a place for thoughtful, multilateral, limited military intervention in specific instances, although the recent adventure by the United States into Iraq has probably hamstrung that option for generations. Paul Collier does a good job explaining the concept in his book, The Bottom Billion. 

However, notions like this proposed by David Samuels in Slate, Why Israel Will Bomb Iran, conclude with some kind of magical domino effect that leads to greater peace. Matt Yglesias deals with this succinctly in this post, David Samuels Says Bombing Iran Will Lead to a Palestinian State.

How are ideas like this called "realism"?