Quote Originally Posted by Sasquatch View Post
If the U.S. "lied to the rest of the world", the rest of the world lied to the U.S. as well -- don't forget that every country that HAD any sort of intelligence at all had intelligence that backed the intel that the U.S. had. And why wouldn't you want anybody to bring up the Coalition of the Willing? Do the forty-eight other countries that support the operation kind of throw a wrench in your "they went in alone" idea?
Rolls eyes dude. I can bully with a gun too. 'Faulty intelligence' is just about the worst excuse I've heard. There was no credible intel. Blair even admitted that the dossier had to be 'sexed up' to sell the damn thing.
If Iran, a nation led by religious extremists with a very hostile history towards the United States and U.S. interests and allies, goes against the demands of the United States and most of the rest of the Western world and develops the capabilities to produce the most destructive weapon ever known to this planet ... yes, it would be a good idea to stop them.
Perhaps you can refresh your memory with US aggression against Iran? Why should everyone answer to the 'demand of the United States' and the rest of the Western world anyway? There's no evidence of a nuclear weapons program in Iran. Oh hold on, will we find out about the 'faulty intelligence' on this one too?
When the countries acquiring arms have a history of offense against the United States, and when those countries prove that they cannot be trusted to be peaceful even without those weapons, it's not a long stretch to say that they're not developing weapons designed for slaughter for "defensive purposes".
Which country has a history of offense against the US? I can think of one. Japan. That's it.

The U.S. didn't "back" anybody. But please, if you will, show me some credible evidence that Georgia invaded Russia.
You'll find they did, by denouncing Russia. South Ossetia clearly request Russian help to defend it's sovereignty.

Anyway. Back on topic. Most likely to be involved ... United States (since the UN is completely incompetent), Israel, and the UK on one side, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the "Palestine" area, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Pakistan, Yemen, UAE, and the rest of the Arab Muslim nations on the other. China might join up with the rest of Islam, seeing as they would have mutual enemies. North Korea probably would, which would bring South Korea into it, which would mean North Korea would get its ass kicked (unless, possibly, backed by China again). Russia would probably stay out of it, seeing as even they know that they're not the superpower they once were (apart from nuclear weapons), though you never know, with their recent aggression.
What aggression?

As for a trigger ... if I had to guess at something soon, it would be Iran's nuclear program. The U.S. would probably do the same thing it did with the nuclear equipment that France gave to Iraq -- say, "Israel, hey, we'll let you take care of it." Israel would take out what Iran should have never had in the first place, Iran would attempt counterattacks on civilians, Jordan, the "Palestine" area, and a few of the other countries that surround Israel would attempt invasion, the U.S. would go to back Israel, the rest of the Arab world would see it as a holy war and join in. Plus, like I said, North Korea, or possibly even China (if North Korea did), would join in against their mutual enemies.

France won't even be involved, but they'll surrender anyway.
Why 'shouldn't' they have it anyway. US are the only ones that have a history of deploying nuclear technology for the purposes of war.. Compromising the sovriegnty of another country is never