Are The US And Israel Bluffing Iran With An Attack To Force Changes In Policy?

To imply that the Armed Forces of the United States of America has the manpower, ammunition, funding, and especially the stamina, in order to try and compete militarily with a well rested, well funded and heavily armed Iranian Armed Forces would be a major mistake. In order to extend their current combat missions into Iran, alongside Israel, the entire combined NATO forces, or even the entire Allied Command is nothing short of ludicrous. The Western Powers and their allies have been running wildly in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2002, when they went to the Middle East to shock the awe out of them, topple Saddam Hussein and hunt the Al-Qaeda terrorist organization.

The Iranian Armed Forces, main combat units, contain an estimated 550,000 soldiers, sailors and airmen. The Revolutionary Guard, the elite branch of the Iranian Armed Forces, their version of our "Green Berets", have command of an estimated 3 million combat ready reservists out of a claimed enrolment of 12.5 Million members (2005 numbers). That is one heck of a large army to think that you can bully around with an over-extended, tired, near bankrupt, and physically depleted United States Armed Forces.

The United States of America and Israel will by no means try bluffing Iran with an attack to force them into accepting policy changes that are beneficial to all, save Iran. The US and Israel are more than aware that fighting a war against Iran and their renowned and well populated Revolutionary Guard would be no small affair. And to neglect or disregard the firepower branded by an oil-rich Iran, a Muslim controlled Nation in a time of anti-American popularity amongst the Muslim world, would be an insurmountable error.

Iran has always had more than enough money to simply buy their way into the Nuclear Family, and with Mother Russia seeing red in her ledgers, a fire sale of Russian nukes is not out of the question. But they assuredly will not play that card until they intend to use it, and would play it very close to the chest; no threats, just yell "Allah Akbar" and push the button. Allah Akbar! Goodbye Middle East, and all the oil that you represent! Iran, with nuclear weaponry, would be the equivalent of North Korea with major nuclear capabilities and a score to settle with South Korea. It would be very scary, my friends, very scary indeed. Time to find that rabbit hole again, Virginia.

With Nuclear fallout within the vicinity of some of the most populous Countries on the planet, Pakistan, India and China.