He should, but he won’t.

That will definitely be a smart move that will have its repercussions in Lebanon. To be effective, it would have to be more than just a few warning bombs. It would have to include at least the destruction of Iran’s nuclear facilities, because that’s what Hezbollah is really all about not Palestine.

The Soviet Union had thousands of nuclear bombs/tanks and airplanes and millions of soliders. It fought the US on almost each front and won (until the Afghanistan war-although it controlled Afghanistan for several years). My question is where is the Soviet Union now? You don’t need to bomb a country to win a war! I doubt that the US will bomb Iran now. It may if a small war escalated in a short period of time! But eventually, the Iranian current regime will no longer be a threat to its neighbors and the region in few years!

He will not.
We will have to get used to live with an Iranian bomb.
Just as we are used to live with a Pakistani one.
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Unwise and unlikely. The U.S. military has more than enough to handle for the moment, and the U.S. Congress (and the people) would probably not support the motion given the history of this administration in military affairs. And for Bush to try to pull this off in the last few months of his term assuming there is no direct Iranian provocation - he could possibly risk mutiny and impeachment.

I don’t think he will. The fact that the rumor has entered the media means its not going to happen even if it was planned for the following reasons:

1. The attack would be pretty ineffective if Iran anticipates it and prepares for retaliation. Any attack would have to be completely unexpected and entail a complete destruction of all of Iran’s infrastructure rendering it incapable of retaliation. In addition to it being a military tactic, there is a big political motivation for the need for both a ’surprise’ and ‘fully destructive’ attack. The US has to protect its gulf allies (OIL SUPPLIES), its bases in these countries and Israel from retaliation.

2. The political will for military action is non-existent. It would be a political disaster to go to war when two senior administration officials are against it. Not that George Bush and his administration has anything to lose(he’s already going down in the history books as one of the worst US presidents) but the chances of a Republican win in November will be close to zero if an attack happens before then. Also, congress wouldn’t approve and if Bush doesn’t ask for permission then it’ll be disastrous politically.

3. Israel would have to prepare for a two-front war against Hamas and Hezballah. And the US will have to deal with Iranian proxies in Iraq (Mehdi Army).

Eventually I think a strike is bound to happen. If McCain wins in November he will probably find a reason to strike at some point. If not then Israel will when Iran gets too close getting its first bomb. No matter what the consequences of striking Iran are the consequences of a Nuclear Iran are worse. It is only a matter of political will and any smoking gun (fabricated or not) or reason to do so. If Obama wins then we will enter a period of appeasement that will have devastating repercussions years down the line.

It seems unlikely that he will but in my opinion he has every right. iranian nukes aside, iran is bombing U.S troops daily in Iraq wich does give him reason but as ghassan has pointed out this might not be the most opportune time to do so. bush could retaliate through proxies of his own in Iran like when a car bomb exploded near a bus carrying Revolutionary Guards in the southeastern city of Zahedan in feb. 07.

The Oil Price has usually be very predictive of the war’s occurance in the region.
New peak tonight @ 129

This meme has been floating around for many years now along with predictions of American internment camps and false flag nuke attacks etc etc.

NONE of it has come to fruition.

Rationality says that Iran will get bombed if it does something that warrants it. But so far it has managed to get others to do its dirty work

What about Israel’s nuclear weapons ????? No one is talking about it , isn’t Israel a threat to the whole region ? They are killing us in Palestine every day , and they have been killing us in Lebanon since 1982 and Before. ( us Arabs) .

If the united states will argue that Iran is supporting some of the Iraqi attacks on their soldiers , the question is : what are they (americans) doing there?
Is Iran fighting Americans in Florida? or New York ? They are fighting them in their region .
How will the united states response be if Iran occupied Canada ? and is threatening their national security ?
If Iran did not help us (lebanese ) in the past decades , Israel would still be in Lebanon , but I guess Israel was in the south, not in Beirut and Ashrafiyeh and Tripoli.

As I have mentioned before, the US is using the cold war tactics to keep Iran always under fear of a strike so it will use its resources to keep its military ready and updated! The Iranians are suffering economically because the resources are being used for the military. The under 40-age group will be more than 60% of the population and they will demand jobs, freedom and more luxury stuff! Similar to the Soviet Union!!!

Another scenario: Israel will provoke Syria to get Iran to interfere and when Iran hits Israel, the US administration (Republican or Democrats) will be obligated to defend Israel and the US public will support it whatever is te price! The US will not land on Iranian soil. I repeat, the US will not invade Iran! It will be hit hard, it will take it years just to repair its infrastructure!

I dont think that BUSH would do it since he has degraded his image beyond repair. Any further and America would be hated just about by everyone.

it should have been done a long time ago. then there wouldnt be any hezbollah/hamas/islamic jihad. these groups get all their funding and “spiritual guidance” from the mad mullahs and amanutjob in iran.