Might depend on who the Democratic candidate is. I doubt Obama could be elected in the middle of a bombing campaign against Iran. Would put him in a tight box. Stop bombing? Start talking to Iran without preconditions? What would Obama's winning argument be?

Iran has already warned that they have an army of something like 60,000 suicide bombers ready to attack US interests in the region.

We're facing 2,000 insurgents in Iraq and the casualties far outweigh the benefits the American people are receiving from the conflict. Imagine adding 30 times as many insurgents ready to die. It's just not worth it, especially since nobody has explained what out strategic interest would be to attack Iran.

Is it because they're aiding the Shiites in Iraq?

The Russians and Chinese aided the North Koreans and Vietnamese, we didn't attack China nor Russia.

We aided the Afghanistani rebels, the Russians didn't attack us.

Certainly Iran poses little threat to the organized US military, but 60k suicide bombers attacking Iraq, Israel and Saudi Arabia is probably the kind of destabilization that will lead to thousands of US deaths, thousands of deaths of our allies and $10 a gallon gasoline.

For what?

How are our vital interests served by bombing Iran when we've made ZERO effort to deal with them diplomatically.

Nixon dealt directly with China, nobody called him weak.

Reagan dealt directly with the USSR, nobody called him weak.

(btw, Reagan never served in the military)

There is no conceivable reason, other than false bravado, to not speak with Iran. We want them to stop messing with Iraq. Have we asked them what will make them feel more comfortable with their neighbor? Iran is meddling in Iraq much in the same way any regional power is going to be concerned about a neighboring country. If Canada was erupting, we'd be involved one way or the other. Iran, while not a very benevolent world player, isn't any different.

There are far too many young men and women in our country that we are going to be putting in harm's way for this jackass in Washington to glibly accept a strike on Iran as a good thing.

The footage on CNN will be exciting and for 24 - 48 hours it will look as though we're putting it to the terrorists...and then the shit will hit the fan. Iran understands that they lose a straight-up war. What they also understand is that asymmetrical tactics work. And then the entire Persian Gulf region is engulfed in flames.

For nothing.

We need to capitalize on energy independence and reduce our interest in the Middle East to dealing with our allies and leaving oil wars in the pages of history.