Strike on Iran would turn the Middle East "into a ball of fire,"

Well, more specifically, a strike on Iran would trun Iran into a fire ball. ElBaradei, the head of the IAEA, made the above comment and also said that if Iran were to be attacked he would resign. So a strike on Iran will remove the nuclear threat, and ELBaradei resigns as head of IAEA. Where's the negative consequences? CNN

"In my opinion, any military strike -- as I mentioned -- is the worst thing that can happen now," said ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

"It will make the Middle East turn into a ball of fire. It is a lot worse than having sanctions. A military strike will lead Iran, even if it plans today to manufacture a nuclear weapon, to establish a crash course to speed the process to have the weapon with the blessing of all Iranians, even those living in the West."

[...]

ElBaradei said in the interview that if a military strike would occur, "then I do not think there will be any need for my work at all. I will have no way to continue my job if a military force is mobilized (against Iran)."