ironically, when the US ramps up its rhetoric against Iran,
oil traders look at the risks and suddenly the price of oil goes up
(and guess who benefits? Iran. It needs the hard cash from oil exports to maintain its economy. Last fall when oil prices came down it significantly hurt the Iranian economy. The US would be better off toning down the rhetoric.

and maybe if the 2$trillion that the IRaq war costs the US economy were spent developing alternative energy, the consequent drop in oil revenues would do more to destabilize Iran than any military strike.