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Imagining A War With Iran

Submitted by Chasli, Feb 2, 2007 13:05

It seems to me the author here is grossly simplifying this whole scenario. If the US is isolated in the world because of its Iraq fiasco, it would be even more so by an invasion of Iran. As far as I can tell there is no other country that thinks that an invasion would be reasonable -- except of course for Israel. A US invasion would be widely condemned internationally and most certainly by the UN. Domestically, while the democrats have been hesitant to de-fund the efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq, there is just no way they would fund an invasion of Iran. While the article touches on the certainty of Iranian terrorism in the Gulf region, it doesn't consider the possibility of Iranian terrorism in the US. There are many many Iranians living here in the US and it goes without saying that many are Iranian agents. The potential for terrorist havoc here at home would be very real. While the price of oil was indeed contained during the Iran-Iraq War, given the huge increase in oil demand since 1988 especially from India and China I find it presumptuous to think that the price of oil after an Iranian invasion could be contained at $75. What I am saying is that your scenario doesn't come close to taking into account all that an Invasion of Iran would entail. It would give a whole new meaning to "imperial overstretch." It would be ugly beynd anything you apparently can imagine.

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Not a single word about Israel. [MORE]	Brian Adams	Feb 2, 2007 15:22
It seems to me the author here is grossly simplifying this whole scenario. If the US is isolated in the...	Chasli	Feb 2, 2007 13:05
Of course, Iran's command and control of its armies will be severely limited by US air domination. It is hard... [MORE]	bpbatista	Feb 2, 2007 10:58
states that "America will be counting on....an uprising in Iran by a population that, after 28 years of religous fanaticism... [MORE]	gregdn	Feb 2, 2007 10:02
Very Interesting Prediction(s) [MORE]	Steven Frankowitz	Feb 2, 2007 09:42
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succint and makes perfect sense. heads or tails? [MORE]	jb	Feb 2, 2007 08:34
No mention of the attacks (suicide) within the USA. [MORE]	rab	Feb 2, 2007 08:29
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