What do you suppose the economic effects of the obliteration of Tel Aviv will be? Or nukes going off in mainland USA? Even worrying about the price of oil or a recession, however severe, as some sort of reason to not take care of business in a businesslike manner bespeaks a severely truncated view, like one's assessment of the future being able to take in Tuesday next at most.
Indeed don't get me wrong I agree with you. However a military strike on Iran, as apposed to the military action in Iraq, will have potentially huge economic consequences for us here in the US.
Not too sure if the majority of the American people are ready for that at the moment. With Congressional elections next year and then presidential elections just a few years off- the fallout COULD be huge for us conservatives.