[LincolnLover]

One thing that's not been discussed is the ramifications of an Israeli or US strike on nuclear facilities located in Iran.

The Shia majority in Iraq would be up in arms, no doubt, which would only further complicate our reconstruction efforts in that country.

[EUPHORIC]

"The Shia majority in Iraq would be up in arms"

So? Bring MORE BOMBS and they go up in smoke instead. :)

[mabelkitty]

I see it differently.
All of their support would be destroyed, and they would be on their own. No money, no supplies, nowhere to run.
They insurgents, the nut Imam included, would be killed in the streets of Iraq.

[Smokin' Joe]

The Shia majority in Iraq would be up in arms, no doubt, which would only further complicate our reconstruction efforts in that country.

And the ramifications of Iran as a Nuclear Power would only further complicate the geopolitics of the entire planet.

[Lijahsbubbe]

, which would only further complicate our reconstruction efforts in that country.

And this is why the US has been doing piece meal dismantling of terror regimes.

The hard part is to do it without inciting an all out world war (which, of course, technically we are in already) A very delicate balancing act, clearly explained when Pre. Bush gave his axis of evil speech.

[NorseWood]

The cost to us of further alienating the Shiites in Iraq is far outweighed by the danger of Iran's nuclear weapons program.