To the best of my knowledge, the Iranians still have the jets the Iraqis flew there in 1990 plus aircraft of there own. If one launched from Iran today would it make it to Israel before we could shoot it down?. Plus, how many nukes are gone from Russia at the end of the cold war and who has them? I doubt every Russian was thrilled with the breakup of the USSR and still holds a grudge against the west. What a better opportunity than to sell nuclear technology to a renagade country that has money.
I think Syria will be more formidable than some of you think. They are motivated zellots and they will fight to the bitter end.
The best thing we did was separate Iran and Syria by invading Iraq. Could you imagine the coalition if Saddam were still in power and allowed Iran to cross into Syria or flat joined in the battle. Regardless of whether there were WMD's; tactically, invading Iraq was a good decision. I haven't heard much from the WMD naysayers lately. Look at the big picture. kwg
