Tyler

So Iran seems to be being a little bit naughty again with nuclear weapons.

Here's a hypothetical question. Bush does the whole Iraqi thing agin but this time with Iran. He declares on a national address that he has issued orders to invade Iran.

What happens? Assume there are no weapons of mass destruction (nuclear or biological) used.

I personally think the US would not just have a hard time, but would actually see severe consquences, even on the homefront.

First off, Iran is no Iraq. Iran is big. Iran has an army.

Secondly, the US army is already spread thin with Afganistan and then Iraq. Their numbers are only a fraction of what they used to be.

Thirdly, assume little to no help from other nations, unlike in Iraq.

Finally, the Muslim/Arab world will unite even more than they have already against the US. Expect help from virtually all arab nations to aid both Iraq and Iran.

Splinter

We need the oil. We're treading on thin ice here, and we'll have to be careful what we do, and where we do it.

Bryan

We shouldn't go into Iran yet. If we do, we'll be sure to pull our resources and troops out of the existing wars before we continue to battle it up with Iran. We're too spread thing right now, that if we try to do everything, we'll collapse.

Splinter

Bryan's right. We can't afford another war right now. We'll have to pull our troops out on at least 2 of the other wars we're fighting.

We're getting way to involved with other things and I can see why a lot of other countries dislike us. But, if we didn't do anything, the world would be in uproar anyways.

It's a lose lose situation for us.

rogue

I don't think we're going to mess with Iran just yet. We don't have the resources or the man power too. It gets me sort of frustrated the way we're constantly trying to fight the world of crime. It's next to impossible to do something about it.

Then again, if we don't everyone's going to call us selfish and think we're an isolationist country. It's a lose lose situation really.