[ckissick]

To me, the biggest question is, "What happens if we do nothing?"

Say Iran ends up with a stockpile of nukes and missiles to transprt them to, I don't know, Israel. Do they do it? The kneejerk answer is, "Those crazy mofo's will do it in a second!"

But I doubt it. They must realize that would be suicide.

Do they flex their new-found muscles by disrupting the flow of oil? Again, I doubt it. That would be economic suicide.

Is it enough to simply be the big kahuna in the Middle East? To be the master of their own destiny? Perhaps.

We could just engage in a cold war until Iran becomes less of a threat. It has worked before.