[AnotherUnixGeek]

Beats me. Iran is threatening to shut off the Straits of Hormuz, which is how Europe gets most of its oil. Since we have to take care of all of Europe's military issues for some reason, we'd have to break any Iranian blockage of the Straits. And if we didn't worldwide oil prices could rise drastically, so I guess we'd need to do something.

But Iran would be cutting its own throat economically if it cut off the Straits - oil it can't ship isn't going to pay any bills. So let's see what happens.

[Fungi]

If Israel destroys Iran’s oil refineries, it is over; rulers will be gone to Qatar and population will take to the streets.

[metmom]

We could also start drilling at home and let Europe take care of its own problems for a while.