Why we (or Israel) haven't completely wiped out Iran's military and nuclear capabilities is totally beyond me.
It's times like this when I wish we could clone Ronald Reagan and put him back in the White House. Do you think Iran would be any more than a pile of sand if he was in power?
Actually Reagan backed down in Lebanon and we really should have had a war with Iran because of their violation of diplomatic status of our embassy workers - plainly an act of war. As much as I like and respect Ronnie, he screwed the pooch on those two counts.
Well maybe, Reagan hit Ghadaffi over Lockerbie, but the Marine barracks bombing went unanswered. Even RR was fettered by Geopolitical hooey!
Mike
Well let's look at the facts. He pulled out of Lebanon, calling it a mistake and not our problem. Was furious at Begin for invading Lebanon. Sold the AWACS to Saudi Arabia, and had formed a working relationship with the major Islamic players in the Middle East.
I'd say that if he were in the White House it would be very unlikely that we'd be in Iraq right now, and equally likely that we never would have been attacked on 9/11.