[bigjelmapro]

Now I don't see Bush as having a choice whether to invade Iran, since he invaded Iraq on 'assumed' WMD, rather than concrete as is the case now with Iran.
The question now is when and how?

[coconutt2000]

On the flip side of the coin, now Iran's revolutionaries have absolutely no reason not to overthrow their government. Before they could hope for reform. Now they've got to consider that reform will have to come about the hard way.

I think perhaps the President has the CIA and military intelligence prepping a rebellion in that country. And if they aren't, hopefully one of his aides reads the Free Republic and has an epiphany...

[EQAndyBuzz]

"Now I don't see Bush as having a choice whether to invade Iran, since he invaded Iraq on 'assumed' WMD, rather than concrete as is the case now with Iran.
The question now is when and how?"

I love the smell of Viking Kitties in the morning. They smell like..... VICTORY!!!

[starfish923]

Iraq is a country with a small group of illiterate Arabs.
Iran has three times the population, NOT Arabs and have far more educated citizens. (Read that as "They are middle-easterns, but they are NOT Arabs.)

Sadaam Hussein, his million man army and all the help/aid/money of the U.S. (1980-1989) couldn't get them a victory over Iran. The best they could do was a bloody, 9-year stalemate where everyone lost.

Bush won't do it. He's not stupid.
He will deal with Iran differently, as he should.

[King Prout]

sniff?

[atomicpossum]

Why don't you tell us?

[quantfive]

Now I don't see Bush as having a choice whether to invade Iran, since he invaded Iraq on 'assumed' WMD, rather than concrete as is the case now with Iran.
The question now is when and how?"

I think that it has to coincide with a couple of things:

1) Receiving oil from Iraq. Contracts are being formed now on a broad scale to buy the oil 'legally'. When we are shut off from Tehran, we need a major supplyer. I am not an expert, but based on what I see on the ground, we are six months away.

2) The Euroweenies are failing negotiations with Iran (what a surprise). It is raising the ire of the EU but at the same time they also are highly reliant on Iran for oil. It would make an invasion a lot easier if we can have the support of Europe instead of opposing us so hand in hand we both have to impose harsh sanctions on Iran, including a naval blockade if necessary and have oil from Iraq.

I am guessing a 12 months before we could do the above mentioned and 18 months to have enough troop deployment to get the job done if we have to go in.