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Originally Posted by Danzig

i know he's a nut. i also know that eventually they may have become a nuclear power. i also know that we can't stay in iraq forever, that iran is now the biggest power in that area, that their traditional enemy, iraq, is incredibly weak now. just what do you suppose is going to happen when we leave there? assuming, that is, we are ever able to leave.

besides, as i said, a war should be right, should leave us better off, and should be winnable. is iraq all three? i say, no. if it isn't all three, then what was the point?

I don't think that Iran has any intention of messing with iraq anymore than they already do. Too much trouble for too little gain. They were ascending to be the strongest power in the region anyway. I am not defedning our invading Iraq but i dont think that it has made Iran more of a threat or pain in the ass. If anything the way the world has looked down on the entire debacle has emboldened Iran as they would be cast in the rare role of sympathetic figure if the US were to consider invading them.