The Iraq War retrospective Thread

[Thecla]

Simple: US attacks Iran, which means Iran is stupid enough to provoke an attack.

Sort of the same way Hussein was stupid enough to provoke an attack, I suppose? Currently, however, it seems that it's the US that is engaged in covert provocation of Iran. (And might not be so good for any special ops people in Iran now that the US has flouted the Geneva conventions.)

Still, if there were US military action against Iran (the results of which would make Iraq look like a Sunday picnic in the country) my money would be on the period between Nov 5, 2008 and Jan 19, 2009. If Obama wins the election, I dare say the Bush administration will be happy to hand over to him a world in which Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, and who know what else, going up in flames. Should help the GOP election chances in the next cycle, if there is one.

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