Teribus, thank you for that extremely long post, but it failed to address many of the reasons for invading Iran that were suggested in previous posts. Perhaps you could comment on those. And perhaps in fewer words, either out of consideration for others or in hope that they'll actually read it.

The oil motive theory isn't based on knowing the current progress of contracts under present geopolitical reality. It's based on the fact that wars always happen to occur where there's oil or an oil route.