fugaf, I totally agree with you. My comments on Iranian retaliation was in the event we bombed Iran FIRST, if we invaded and killed their people as we did in Iraq. Sorry I misunderstood.
The US has consistently tried to demonize Iran in any manner or means possible. The bottom line is the US and the West covets Iran's resources and wants to contain it as a regional power. Iran is strategically located whereby if the US could control the plentiful resources and minerals in Iran, the US then could control both China and Russia and remain the dominant world power, a position that is currently in decline. The nuclear bit is just a ruse to try and save the Empire.