Why even opponents of the Iran nuclear deal should feel good about this silver lining.

Writing in an opinion piece for Reuter's news service, Alexander McCoy and Jacqueline Lopour bring up what is, to me, a wholly new idea that should give even opponents of the Iran nuclear deal something to feel good about:

If the Iranians cheat, at least we will then know where to drop the bombs.   Their argument goes like this:

"The Iran deal creates inspections that allow the United States and five world powers — Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany — to probe the strategic importance of various nuclear sites.  If inspectors suspect cheating, they can demand access to the location. Any resistance by Iran would shine an enormous spotlight on that particular site. It would tell the West the site is important enough for Iran to risk war and would suggest that Tehran’s activity there violates the deal. It creates, in effect, a clear military target.

"Without a deal, the allies have no way of knowing which sites are truly important. So Washington and its allies would have to consider bombing them all. The more targets Washington asks the military to destroy, the greater the chance for failure, collateral damage and escalation."

Makes sense.   I only wonder why no one thought of it before.

Ralph