I'm not sure I follow that last post of yours, Bill. Could you go into real detail about it? Like about 20,000 words? Give me specific examples from each nation, and show me where they differ along the finer points. ;-D (I'm joking! Please don't.)

Bobert - I'm not saying the American public is ready for another war. I agree with you that they are not at all ready for or desirous of another war. However, these things can happen very fast, as Ichmael says, and the general public ain't got a thing to say about it in that case...they get to react to it after it has already happened, and the other side (Iran) gets blamed for it all somehow. Once the missiles fly, the deed is done, and Pandora's box is well and truly open. The soldiers on station there will do exactly as they are ordered to do.