Irrespective of your wishes, do you think Iran or Syria will be attacked? By whom and when?

Question

Iran has just rejected the Russian and EU proposals regarding its nuclear programme.
Syria's role in that region has often be criticized by Bush and Israel.
I am more interested to know what people think will happen than what they think shoud happen.

Answer 1

The real power in Iran, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khameini truly believes that he is Allah's representative on Earth to rid the world of fitnah (disbelief in Allah).

On August 22 Ali Larijani, hand delivered Iran's 21-page response to UNSC 1696 the package of incentives to dissuage Iran from uranium enrichment. Iran's top nuclear negotiator said that Tehran was ready to enter "serious negotiations" over its disputed nuclear program but did not say whether it was willing to suspend uranium enrichment — the West's key demand. This was because the West had offered many economic incentives.

On August 31 sanctions may be set against Iran if it continues to enrich uranium. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khameini avers that Iran has a right to have nuclear weapons. Leaders of the Iranian hard-line regime, believe they have a direct line to God, and they'll do whatever 'divine inspiration' requires them to do. Talking to them is pointless.

On August 19, Iran launched a large-scale area, sea and ground exercise he maneuver, the Blow of Zolfaghar (the sword used by Imam Ali), which involved 12 divisions, army Chinook helicopters, unmanned planes, parachutists, electronic war units and special forces. Iran's state-run television reported that the new anti-aircraft system was tested "to make Iranian air space unsafe for our enemies."

On Sunday, August 20, in the Kashan desert about 250 kilometers southeast of the capital of Tehran, Iran tested the Saegheh missile which has a range of between 80 to 250 kilometers. Saegheh means lightning in Farsi. (The language of Iran is not Arabic and Iranians are not Arabs.)
Iran's arsenal also contains the Shahab-3 missile, which means "shooting star" in Farsi, and is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. It has a range of more than 2,000 kilometers and can reach Israel and US forces in the Middle East.

Iran's military test-fired a series of missiles during large-scale war games in the Persian Gulf in March and April, including a missile it claimed was not detectable by radar that can use multiple warheads to hit several targets simultaneously.

The Iranian news service Al-Borz, predicted that on the first anniversary of Iranian President Ahmadinejad's government, in late August 2006, Ahmadinejad is expected to announce what the news service called Iran's "nuclear birth."

In addition, an August 23, 2006 article about Iran's reply to the incentives proposal, that was posted on the Iranian Foreign Ministry-affiliated website , implied that Iran's nuclear technology had already reached the point of no return: "...

The following are excerpts from the Al-Borz report:

"It is expected that the first anniversary of the forming of the ninth government will be the date of the Ahmadinejad government's 'nuclear birth.'

"... Together with [the celebration of] the anniversary of the forming of the ninth cabinet, the president of the country [Mahmoud Ahmadinejad] will hold his third press conference... where he will answer questions from journalists from Iran and from abroad.

"In addition to detailing the activities of the government at the end of [its first] year, the head of the government [i.e. Ahmadinejad] will officially present Iran's positions on: economic and cultural matters, the nuclear dossier, the activities of nuclear research centers, and developments in the region."

It seems within the realm of possibility to me that the special forces of some nation might fly an unmanned aircraft with a bomb over the nuclear research facilities in Iran and explode the bomb at about 5,000 ft. so that the EMP would knock out all the electronics of the nuclear facility as well all the civilian electrical matrix.

For example, Bandar Abbas military complex
Coordinates: 27°12′N 56°15′E
Or more easily reached from Iraq is Kermanshah
Coordinates: 34°18′N 47°4′E,

Answer 2

I think Bush's Iraq policy having so little international support combined with Israel's reluctance to bomb the supplies heading to Hezbollah outside of Lebanon is a pretty clear indication that Syria will not be attacked anytime soon.

Answer 3

Iran will continue to be a pariah as long as they don't start shooting, The question there is whether Israel will shoot first and count on the US to guarantee its safety.
Syria has been invaded by Turkey, a few times, and will continue to spit our eye , but is not really the threat to regional stability that Israel is.

Answer 4

I think Iran will be prevented from USING their nuclear weapons. I decline to answer further.

Answer 5

bush/usa will figure out a way t o attack iran. bush has nothing to lose.