[i_am_right_of_center]

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.

[arthurus]

Nuclear destruction in the US is pretty big fallout for Conservatives, too. What do you suppose Republican election chances will be if we lose Chicago and Boston Harbor or Tel Aviv?

[Flavius Josephus]

Americans support military action by almost 60% already. If we are to have the oil cut off, perhaps it's better that it is done via war... then we will band together and unite for a while. I don't fear the election consequences. Not when it is a national security situation.

[Thermalseeker]

the fallout COULD be huge for us conservatives.

The fallout from an Iranian nuke detonated on our soil by terrorists would be far worse.....

[milemark]

With Congressional elections next year and then presidential elections just a few years off- the fallout COULD be huge for us conservatives.

That's what the democrats hope. "If only oil is $100 a barrel and the economy goes into recession and the war goes badly and thousands of American soldiers get killed and terrorists hit American cities, then maybe we have a chance to get the congress back, oh boy!" The glee in their backlit eyes and the yellow rabid-dog drool coming from their mouths if any of those things happen will kill them on election day.