They will target eachothers oil production as a strategic move. This isn't the war of three decades ago, fought with WWII tactics. Each side will have access to missile systems (Iran has them already, and SA is rich enough to buy them) and fighter jets (SA has them, and Iran can buy them, in this case) capable of making the sort of strikes that could cripple oil production. And we DO buy much of our non-western foreign oil from

"f all the issues you raise here, how many would still be issues if Bush wasn't president? Or is Saddam being in charge of Iraq, given his behavior over the past twenty years, a calming sign of predictability in oil prices?"

Oh for chrissakes Tom. Give it a frikin' rest. Can you please get over the

'I'm Right, I'm RIGHT I'M RIGHT!I'M RIGHT!!! I'M RIGHT!!!!
I'M RIGHT!!!!!!

Crap long enough to address the reality of a bad situation getting worse?

My God- you're like those people who think Nixon was a saint- you'll believe until the bloody end. Know what? I just don't care enough to argue with you any more- just as I don't care about arguing evolution with creationists. You'll always believe that we did the right thing for the right reasons and that Bush was Jesus g-damn Christ in this issue. So what- you're frankly entirely wrong. Like anomalists, you've had it demonstrated to you with Logic, reason and now recent history. So what- you're intellectually/emotionally incapable of getting over it and re-assessing the situation. Not my problem.

HOWEVER. We have a real problem on our hands getting worse. You can blame Clinton, Liberals or the damn tooth faery for all I care- as long as you actually recognize what a genocidal civil war would mean in Iraq, and what global crisis it could possibly percipitate, and are willing to be part of the solution. Thats what I care about now.

Your ideology has failed. You and the Executive has been wrong on nearly every issue of substance from the founding causes for this war on through its condunct. As far as this issue goes, I'd rather listen to a white noise generator, and would find that more meaningful, then listening to your endless horrible reasoning and rhetorical nonsense. You're a smart guy, but intelligence does not defend against making idiotic choices or believing passionately in absolutely incorrect notions. In the realm of Geopolitics, history is unfortunately the most decisive empirical test of political strategies- and History has spoke loud and clear, and in the space of only 4 years. You and your half-baked notions are done. Finished. As dead as communism. Please move orderly to the exit.

Yeti