We’ll never know as long as the neocons are in charge, will we?
All I can say is YIKES!
I view Iran as the base territory of the current Jihad. 1979 made that clear. I believe to militarily engage Iran would require full mobilization of this nation. On the other hand with our fine volunteer army we have been able to surround Iran.
That our troops are in Iraq and Afghanistan surrounding Iran I sure hope they can establish a base friendly to our army and our nation.
I'm don't see "neocon" bogeymen around every corner.
I see an enemy who wants to kill us and calls us Satan and we can either fully mobilize and strike directly with all our resources at our enemy's homeland or we can try a strategy that doesn't require full mobilization but instead surrounds our enemy by establishing friendly bases on our enemies borders leading to the eventual defeat of the Jihad.