Only if a Democrat wins the White House and needs a popular opinion boost.
The current administration has been following a policy of economic and diplomatic isolation vs. Iran and subtle intimidation by refusing to publicly commit to any course of action.
As a result the Iranians are getting squeezed politically and economically and are being very careful not to cross the line of no return.
2007-10-09 12:06:01
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answered by MikeGolf 7
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Wow , what a difficulty ! usa has cornered itself into some style of action against Iran, via blabbering approximately it, and blowing issues out of share ! ( as usa does constantly ) This organization with nuclear enrichment, is a lot of crap, only yet another rallying call for the misinformed. Iran is not any the place close to having nuclear ability technologies, by no skill ideas the bomb ! usa is conscious, it could not possibly win with Iran ! Iran is only too enormous, forget approximately approximately Afghanistan and Iraq ( which by the way are nevertheless being fought to on the instant time ! how some years has it been ? ) , Iran has a great militia arsenal, very proud human beings and intensely patriotic. Saddam, with all his ability ( usually supported via the west to start with and Russians in direction of the tip ) and savagery ( chemical conflict ) ought to not dent Iranian spirit, and finally lost ! So an entire scale conflict is out of the question . us of a might come to a call on a small Aerial bombing raid , that may not gain something militarily, as we've seen contained in the previous. If Iran retaliates, and could sink one human beings ships contained in the gulf, then it might get out of hand ! besides the actuality that the Mullah's have been tremendously intelligent at the instant, so it extremely is problematic to anticipate their flow . Pakistan won't contain itself, it extremely is only too dependant on US money and handouts, Russians could help at the back of the curtain, yet not overtly, they too haven't any prefer to stand us of a, yet can not additionally enable US troops in Iran. it extremely is rather complicated, and the Iranians have been defiant and have saved their taking part in cards on the fringe of their gowns ! we are able to make certain some action, whilst (and if) Iran oil bourse opens for organization , it extremely is us of a's genuine difficulty ! the beginning up of the tip of "Petro-dollar" !!
2016-10-06 09:31:59
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answered by ? 4
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If worse comes to worse, we would be at war with Iran. but it would be an air war and not ground war. Israel would also attack since there are constantly threaten by Iran. but the European union is also more firm with Iran, they may end up joining the fray if they see them self under threat as well.Iran would have limited choices since US would not invade. Iran's invading Iraq would be a disaster for them since it would unite Iraqis like the Iran-Iraq war 1980-1988. it would be an air war against all infrastructure in Iran.
2007-10-09 12:02:04
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answered by Airbound Gabe 3
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Scott Ritter,the ex-Marine officer and former UN weapons
inspector who said during the build up to the Iraq
invasion that Iraq DID NOT have weapons of mass
destruction, should be listened to now.
Ritter was slandered and threatened for expressing
this opinion.
He was 100% right.
Ritter was warning Americans as early as 2002 that
Bush & Co. were going to invade Iraq. At the time,
people thought the very idea was crazy.
He was 100% right.
Now Ritter says that the signs are clear:
Bush & Co. will attack Iran before Bush's time
is up unless they are stopped.
Some facts:
1. Bush already has authorization to order
an attack on Iran without asking for approval
from Congress. Blanket war powers have already
been granted him and unless taken away, he can
use them any time on any country.
2. Iran - like Iraq - has no nuclear
weapons program.
Nuclear ENERGY program? Yes, but that is far
from having a nuclear weapons program.
In fact, UN inspectors have concluded
after extensive study and investigation
there are no nukes in Iran - but this simple
fact is NOT being reported by the US new media.
Instead the US news media is manufacturing claims
that the President of Iran has threatened Israel
with annihilation and is supplying Iraqi insurgents
with weapons (both false claims.)
3. An attack on Iran will not be without
consequences to the US.
Iran has three times the population of Iraq and
unlike Iraq which was militarily shattered after
Gulf War I and over ten years of sanctions and US
bombing, Iran has a fully capable conventionally
armed military.
In 2006, Hamas - military students of Iran - defeated
a full bore attack by Israel in Southern Lebanon.
Iran can easily shut down the Straits of Hormuz
and stop the flow of oil out of the Middle East.
Oil has recently been as high as $80 per barrel.
A Middle East shutdown could skyrocket the price
to $250 per barrel or more,
Great for Bush's friends in the oil industry.
Disastrous for the US economy.
Remember, Bush & Co. have mastered the art of
profiting from catastrophe. Think 9/11, Iraq
and New Orleans. Each one of these evens has
been a massive financial windfall for the
Bush family and their allies.
2007-10-09 09:50:21
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answered by Anonymous
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Yes, it is probably going to happen. Iran has been waging a covert war against the USA since the ayatollahs took power in 1979. They have been funding terrorists and aiding our enemies in Iraq. We owe them payback for their taking of our embassy staff as hostages during their revolution, and we must eliminate their nuclear facilities before they get the nuclear bomb.
2007-10-09 09:44:59
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answered by Shane 7
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There is a high possibility that there will be War. But i think it will be lob sided at the beginning. With US bombing military and government targets at the beginning.
Iran cant go against the US toe to toe so they will what they do now. They will get more of their agents in Iraq and we will see a great increase in IED's in Iraq.
2007-10-09 09:38:28
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answered by kayxa 2
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Y E S, this depends on whether the diplomatic
meetings that are ongoing as of right now will help to diffuse the situation with the government of Iran!!
2007-10-09 10:50:46
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answered by Vagabond5879 7
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If Ahmedinejad follows through on his speeches to wipe Israel off the map and how he wishes to hasten the return of the 12 immam by creating world turmoil, yes.
He has stated that if he has nuclear weapons capabilities, he would share that technology with terrorist groups. The United States government has declared the majority of the insurgency in Iraq is directly sponsored by and includes Iranians under the direct command of their government leadership. Any proof of this will allow the U.S. military to take action without U.N. approval as an act of war.
Most likely, Israel will be forced to launch war if Iranian threats continue to escalate. Allowing Ahmedinejad to possess nuclear capabilities can only result in world conflict. He is playing footsie with the U.N. as a delay tactic to accomplish this goal.
Negotiations with Iran will continue to fail until harsh sanctions are upheld by the entire wold. As long as Russia and China are not willing to particiapate, Iran will continue to increase as a threat on a frightening nuclear level. Even France is in agreement. FRANCE!!!
Iran has always been the true reason for our actions in Iraq.
The biggest difference between how Iran will fight a war and how the U.S. will fight is that it is our policy to avoid collateral civilian casualties while it is a matter of Iranian policy to target large civilian populations. That's how terrorists roll.
We fight to win and live while extremists fight to kill and if they die as martyrs, it's a bonus. I'm afraid that if Mahmoud uses any type of neclear attack against his theologically sworn enemy Israel, the reply will be an ovewhelming nuclear counterstrike. The ramifications would be global to say the least.
No place on Earth would be safe
2007-10-09 09:37:47
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answered by ©2009 7
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There is always the possiblility of a war with Iran, only time will tell.
2007-10-09 09:39:42
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answered by Bubba 6
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We should go in and take them out immediately. It is time to quit fooling around with these people and get serious about fighting terrorism and the insurgents in Iraq. People who think we would be unable to take them on militarily need to quit buying into all of the anti-American crap being fed to us.
2007-10-09 09:41:10
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answered by Anonymous
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