Would bombing Iran hasten US defeat in the Middle east or slow it?

[Postman]

Either way in the end the US will be defeated in the Middle East it's only a matter of time.

Or would bombing Iran hasten or slow another catastrophic terrorist attack on US soil?

You can't shit on people forever and expect to get away with it. After all, they all aren't apathetic, People Magazine reading idiots over there...

[hobbit709]

1. It wouldn't be a defeat

it would be total annihilation.

[KAT119]

11. Middle East Oil Fields become radioactive

thus nuking Iran is the Apocalypse. Winds carry deadly radioactivity 1000's of miles.

Nuclear war is horrifying Insanity, causing chain reactions in the atmosphere, poisoning crops all over the world (nuclear winter) and causing terrible, degenerating, cancerous illnesses...all to save face for losing illegal, immoral, agressive war in Iraq=a country that did nothing against us!

All for control of oil and "saving face" and instead losing the whole world in this ignorant madness!!

IMPRISON CHENEY NOW!!!

[Shipwack]

2. Hasten, along with our first ship losses.

Iran is in a better position than Argentina was during the Faulkland/Malvinas war.

[EFerrari]

3. My question would be, wouldn't bombing Iran result in the needless death

of thousands of people so the multinationals could continue to play chess with our lives?

[OHdem10]

4. Does anyone think if we initiate action against Iran

they will not unleash their million man military in
retaliation.

Iran has no history of starting wars. You better believe
they will retaliate and we will be caught in another
quagmire.

Our troops are spread so thin, I would be doing diplomacy
full steam ahead.

[bamacrat]

5. If we bomb Iran we will have to start a draft..

we just dont have enough troops to fight a country that hasnt been in a war for 4 years. It would be bad and there would be riots in the street and we may actually have someone invade us.

[kimmerspixelated]

6. Don't even put that thought out in the universe.

Thoughts become things.

[Disturbed]

9. Some reading &/or Doc viewing of the 8 year war

between Iran and Iraq will strike fear in you. Iranians go to great lengths in fighting for their survival.

[porphyrian]

7. The premise of that question is entirely misleading.

The U.S. cannot "win" or "lose" in the Middle East. Bombing Iran would only polarize world powers into what would likely be another world war. No one wins that. If we pull out of the Middle East today, we still have the problems and chaos this administration's actions have saddled us all with, and again no one wins or loses. We can only end our current course of death and destruction or continue it.

[Rex]

8. Hasten

our loss of what few civil liberties we have left and give more power to the government. I think attacking Iran is a form of madness.

[uppityperson]

10. Bombing Iran would add to world instability and hatred of USA policies.