When I look at the Middle East, I don't see a powerful fundamentalist state after the conquest of Iran. It needs to be done, most likely with a full scale invasion. Make the dominoes fall on the other side. Realistically, yes we will need to take on Iran. But we have neither the political will or the supplies in place for an invasion. And if Iran really has nukes (which is sounds like they do), putting a battle group in the region would give him a big target.
This guy truly believes that the Shiite messiah is coming soon. That is what old Osoma also said. There is no way to rationally guess what will happen now.
Iran doesn't yet have a live nuke but the response to Iran using one is obvious. If we don't have the political will we damn well better get it because this is what needs to be done. I don't know about you, but I do not want my family incinerated because Nancy Pelosi would have criticized the President for protecting us. We have a lot of forces in that region and send in what ever else we need.
Anybody doubt that an attack on Iran would gain 75% support of the American people in the early going?