QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 9, 2006 -> 12:53 PM)
As I said in the other thread that went this way, the idea of any sort of "limited" war, or just air strikes, is idiotic. Iran will respond militarily, they border Iraq, Afghanistan, and are a very short distance from Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain... the result would be a large scale war, and that is the last thing we want right now.
The idea of a quick, easy, $1.7 billion war in Iraq was equally idiotic. And look where we are now.
Your biggest worry should be none of Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, etc. Your biggest worry is the Straits of Hormuz. The Iranians have some decent anti-ship missiles, one of which they just tested. You sink 1 ship in the straits of Hormuz, and suddenly Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Iran all suddenly lose the ability to export oil.