Shotsie

The chances of that happening are slim. The whole reason for the conflict arose from the argument of who has rights to the "promised Land". Jerusalem has so many holy sites that are revered by the muslims, they wouldn't want to destroy them. Iran is currently facing domestic problems trying to suppress the people's initiatives of democratization. They are a country that admittedly is led by one of the world's craziest politicians, but one that also is ringed by U.S. military bases and surrounded by an overwhelmingly more numerous Sunni world that hates Shi'ites far more than it hates Westerners. They're watching their energy sources dwindle and preparing for the impoverishment and resulting internal political instability that event will usher in.

So the question is, where is the threat to the United States? While Iran is a threat to Israel, there is surely no threat to America in Iran's tin-pot military forces, nuclear development program, or shitty public diplomacy. No, the threat to the United States comes from two sources. First, the relentless "Iran is the new Nazi Germany" propaganda pushed by Israel and the American citizen Israel-firsters. The governing elite like Rick Perry who foist these expensive and potentially war-causing absurdities upon the American people.

The nation-state of Israel is an enormous burden to the treasury and security of the United States, and Washington's current relationship with Israel ? sanctioned by the AIPAC-funded political leaders of both parties ? is one of several factors that are leading to full-scale American participation in other peoples' religious wars.