fugaf, I believe that Iran can close the Strait of Hormuz down for a limited amount of time, however, the costs to the West and Israel aren't worth it, unless you want Israel ending up in a radioactive wasteland???? Get the point? We can win, big whoop, but the consequences to the West and Israel far outweigh our blasting of Iran. Don't expect the Iranians to sit on their hands after an attack, our homeland will be a prime target for suitcase bombs which I have no doubt that the Iranians can deliver. Furthermore their advancements enabled them to outmanuever our top rated spy drone, rest assured, their drones would be flying over NYC and our major cities in due time loaded with who knows what to dump. These are no cave dwellers as most Americans have been led to believe. Those in top gov't positions do know the consequences, that's why we've been doing the kabuki dance for the last 4 or so years w/o an invasion. And we will not have an invasion unless we can remove the aforementioned consequences, which I seriously doubt.