Reply #14: Ok since you asked many good questions, I will attempt to answer

[fuzzyball]

Pakistan got the bomb by A Q Khan's stealing of
design drawings from his European employer and then
buying the hardware through corrupt corporations in
Europe.

But Iran supposedly does NOT have the bomb, YET. So an
attack on Iran would be lot less dangerous now rather than
post-nuclear. Again I am as far from advocating an attack
on Iran as one can get. We are simply discussing possibilities
in a civil manner.

Any country with sufficient financial strength can acquire nukes.
There are X-Soviet nuclear scientists floating around on the market
for the right price.

Israel is still around and thriving because they WON the 7 day war.
If they had lost, their survival would have been doubtful.

Yes, Iran can disrupt the straits of Hormuz. But that would affect
China and Japan a heckuva lot more than United States. Our oil comes
from mainly from Canada, Mexico & Venezuela.

The attack if it happens, will be precision targeting of Iran's
nuclear infrastructure. It will not affect the Iranian public. In
fact there is a good chance the Ahmedinejad regime could topple
after such an embarassing destruction on their prized facilities.

US attacked Iraq, an islamic country. But not a single country came
to their aid. Not even Syria. Not Iran. Not Pakistan. Indonesia is
simply too far away and too prosperous to get involved in Iran.

Also, never ever forget, not a single GI was in Iraq on 911. So
another 911 can and will happen regardless of what US does. The
radical islamics don't care what US does. They will attack. Unless
ofcourse US adopts islam and sharia.

What exactly India attack to have 300 people murdered in Mumbai
commuter train attack? Whom did Bali attack to have their hotels
bombed? Same for islamic terrorists attacking atleast dozen other
countries. They will attack anyone who does not practice sharia.

As for the Iraq war, Iraqi military was defeated in a matter of days.
What is going on now is a civil war between Sunni & Shia. Al Qaeda who
is sunni, bombed the most sacred shia mosque and that started the bloodbath.