Relax, everyone. G. Bush & Co. have sent a double s-load of anti-missile missiles to the ME many months ago, in anticipation of the Iranians firing missiles off. And missiles are their only effective offensive weapon. Iran is now surrounded with missile defenses tighter than Moscow.
The primary targets of Iranian missiles are, in order:
1) US carrier fleets.
2) US bases in Iraq and Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan, as well as Italy.
3) Oil terminals and Saudi oilfields.
4) Europe and Israel.
The most important Iranian objective is to get the US out of the Middle East. Any means to achieve this they will regard as a “win.”
Israel is actually pretty low on their missile target list unless Israel attacks them first. If the US leaves, they believe Israel will whither away (bizarre idea).
*It is vital to consider that Iran may have already built nuclear weapons. They could have obtained enriched uranium and plutonium from North Korea, and have been using their uranium enrichment as mostly a ruse to buy time.
*Iranian missile capabilities are a serious threat, and further information about these weapons can be found at:
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/iran/missile/shahab-6.htm
(use drop down menu at top to select class of missile)
Finally, I will conclude by saying that the Iranians are correct in their assumption that air attack will not prevent them from developing nuclear weapons. They can either reconstitute their nuclear weapons program, or quite possibly they already have nuclear weapons hidden far away from other targets.
Therefore, in addition to destroying their nuclear infrastructure, we must also destroy the Iranian military and IRGC. And then partition Iran, so that it will no longer have the money or other resources to reconstitute.
An arc of Iran along the coast of the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea, must be removed. This will include the Kurdish territories in the northwest, down the coast to include the Bushehr nuclear reactor, then East to include Baluchistan next to Pakistan.
This will take away most of their oil, vital minerals needed for their program, and also would reunite and strengthen neighboring countries with people they have much in common with. Iranian Kurdistan to Iraqi Kurdistan. Iranian Arab Khuzestan to Arab Iraq, and Iranian Baluchistan to Pakistan.
Each annexed area would be occupied and defended by the adjacent armies of Kurdistan, Iraq and Pakistan.
Iran would be reduced to Persia and other territories, and there would be no need to destroy, invade or occupy Persia, thus avoiding great loss of life.
Sounds good. Especially the ‘double s-load’ part.