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Originally Posted by Vulcan
Or Iran could pull in it's horns as Libya did after Reagen bombed them.
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Different scenarios.
First, Libya had no real means of reprisal, were never a very dangerous state, and compared to the rest of africa and the middle east, is quite a moderate, modernized nation. Their links to terrorism are/were also very tenuous. People often use the link to the bombing of pan am flight 103, but there is no evidence at all to suggest Libyan involvement. Paper tiger, really.
Iran is a much different situation, and needs to be handled delicately. Their ties to european oil reliance alone makes this a delicate situation, not to mention the amount of resources that would be needed to contain Iran should any sort of serious hostilities manifest themselves.
Though, there are 14 permanent military bases in Iraq, which would lead one to believe that open hostilities with Iran is atleast on the Radar.