"BTW, I predict the Dems will win the 2008 election, and that there will be a thermonuclear war ( one with at least two parties using nuclear weapons) by about July 2009. 40 million to 2.6 million dead.

But that will be alright, too."

Brilliant. You can't deflect an argument using supposition and some bizarre flight of fancy as evidence against. Mind you, it is entertaining, so keep them coming.

"A major reason thet the US will not take military action against Iran is the likelyhood of Chinese actions: They might not want to have their oil supply destroyed, or made radioactive."

This massively oversimplifies the relationship between the US and China and you need to look closer to home or across the Taiwan Strait for the reasons that relations will sour between those two countries.