Like Teddy and company had us wait and see while the commies killed 3 million people in SE Asia. Only problem for Teddy and the Surrender Now crowd. The free flow of Oil, as much as the desperately hate it, is a vital national security and economic interest of the USA. No matter how desperately they fantasizes about it no US President could ever take a wait and see attitude towards a regional war in the Persian Gulf. Because if the Persians move into southern Iraq the Saudis and and all the Gulf Arabs will be screaming bloody murder. No matter how much the DC's Old Boy's club kids themselves, DC is NOT the Imperial Capital of the world and they are not little tin pot gods who can simply ignore the rest of the world.