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2) iran is surrounded by not-so friendlies.
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So are the troops we have in Iraq.
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to the west, 150,000 u.s. troops in iraq.
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too busy trying to kill an enemy they can't tell from the non-combatants.
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to the east, about 20,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan.
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too busy trying to kill an enemy they trained and can't find.
and don't forget, Iran hates the hell out of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, so in the grand scheme of things, when it comes to Afghanistan, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Iran always has been.
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to iran's north is a nuclear-armed russia.
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which has its own problems and couldn't feasibly get involved in ANYTHING
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to its east, a nuclear-armed pakistan.
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which plays sides to the highest bidder, and even then still plays both sides.
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to its west, a nuclear-armed israel.
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which if they did anything would have probably 3/4 of the middle east coming down on them if they farted the wrong way.
Ben, I really wish it was as NASCAR simple as you put it, but it just does not work that way. You need a history brush up on some of your points, most of it is a mini cold war with mutually ensured destruction.