theres probably more chance of bombing Iran into submission than sanctioning them into submission ..but theres a danger that russia and china might get involved if that happens
maybe some drawn out cold war like stalemate will be needed unless alot of the mid-east becomes uninhabitable for 12 thousand years
what about all this recent nuclear support for india and pakistan coming from US and they want Australia to sell them weapons grade uranium ..is this some sort of pre-conflict exercise to build up a huge stockpile of nuclear weapons in that area
to help keep the midlle east in check ?