“If Iraq was to launch (WMD) against Saudi Arabia oilfields, while at the same time Iran attacked Bahrain and the US forces, what would be the position of the US and her allies?”
And how do you propose that Iran would attack and defeat [Implied] Bahrain, logistically before the US could sweep the Iranians from the Persian Gulf? What armoured columns does Iran have that could withstand American Air assault [same for Iraq as they would need them to sieze any foreign fields]? What crack Airborne Units do they have that wouldnt be shot down by American fighters? What Marine force do they have that could outmaneuver the US navy?
Utterly, Completely incompetent and uninformed scenario.
The position of the the US [The only position that matters] would be obvious.
“Now we must remember Iran and Iraq would now have most of the world's oil supplies, so to nuke them would just about end the economy of the world.”
Where do you people come from?
In this rediculous scenario that you put forward, nuking Tehran and Baghdad would have a minimal affect on “the flow” of oil from OPEC nations. Control of Iraqi and Iranian Oil assets would be seized immediately by the US and Europe as well as middle eastern allies….the Sky would not fall.
“This would then put Iraq and Iran in a very strong barginning positon.”
First of all they cannot pull it off and second of all if they could it would only serve to put them in Nuclear crosshairs….nothing more.
Iraq, on the other hand, may do almost exactly the opposite, attacking Israel, the Gulf, the Oilfields, Jordan, the USA by terror, or almost any place at almost any minute.
Even now, we may be just waiting him out so that he makes the first move, I do not think either he nor we have more than a month or two left at the outside before acting in a big way.
The US has a powerful airforce I will admit, but when you are in someone elses backyard, you need to be carful, or do you forget the US Cole was attacked with just a simple rubber boat, so no need to out-manouver anyone.
You do not fight the larger more powerful enemy (US) at its mode of battle, but the one of your choosing, obviously you have not read Sun Tzu
These people are not interested in consequenses, they would be in a holy war and prepared to die for their course, whereas Allied troops, would be trying there best to keep out of arms way.
Kamakazi, Plastinian Suicide Bomber or Tamil Tigers and Vietnamese, all people who were prepared to die for their freedom.
They would not attack with tanks or armies the oil fields of Saudi, but would use WMB as I mentioned, so would be un-usable by anyone for a long time.
Like wise the Strait of Hormuz leaves, Bahrain, Qatar or any of the emirates just minutes away from attack and they are so small, they would be obliterated in matter of hours. (IRan is too large to hit all the airfilds or missle sites in a matter of hours, once the attack began, the missiles would start flowing.
The US and its allies taking over the oilfields of Iran and Iraq, well my friend, we would then see the true meaning of the word "Jihad" and I would recommend investing in a company that sells bodybags, as we would need them by the ship load.