I have a serious question...

[MarineHawk]

Originally Posted by Big Dad

As far as Iran is concerned...and I would compare Iran with the Nat, on your ass, while taking a well-deserved $hit, at the end, of a successful moose hunt. You just don't want to get any on your hands once you deep six it. ....

There are reasons why we need to give them a beat down fairly soon if the govt' doesn't collapse (not because we need to wait until we have to be reactive, but basically out of need to maintain an effective psychological deterence), but I agree Iran's in trouble (economy collapsing; tremendous dissent) and far from able to harm us in any direct way. They're slightly more dangerous to Europe because they might actually be able to land in missle in Paris or Munich--not New York. That's why the French via Sarkozy are starting to demand that Iran be checked, militarily if necessary. If Iran did anything to us, it could not be severe, and, again, we could simply delete them from the map in minutes if they did so.