The US has a right to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

The line from Spider-Man is too alruistic. To, answe your question, of course I would intervene. But that's two, possibly three lives instead of MILLIONS. An invasion with Iran, while probably cheap in cost to America, would decimate that country and create yet another breeding ground for grassroots jihadists. Iran is a sovereign nation with a decent enough record of restraint, considering it was Saddam who attacked Iran not the other way around. India and Pakistan both have long historical records of attacking each other for the smallest thing. You mention progress - what progress? For the last 60 years these countries have been assassinating each other's leaders, bombing embassies, and building even larger amounts of nuclear weapons. The last skirmish between Indian and Kashmiri (undoubtedly Pakistani-funded) freedom fighters was in 2005! Our focus should be on teaching Iran how to hold nuclear power intelligently, not dictating based on our idea of how the world should work. To answer the launch capabilities question, where in that long list of targets was the United States of America mentioned? Not in Israel, who I think has a pretty decent track record of protecting itself wouldn't you agree? Not in Turkey, who has shown itself to be a fair-weather friend at best, and at the moment is undergoing civil unrest BECAUSE they are our ally? Iraq? They don't have the guts. They without question do not have the guts to nuke any country with a sizable U.S. presence in it. To answer your claim of the Shahab 4, the missile in question isn't even being developed anymore. After the dismal test results of the Shahab 3, Iran abaonded the testing of the 4 series. The Shhab 5 and 6 were similarly shelved almost 10 years ago, according to the October 1, 1998 Washington Times. In 2006, according to a watch group dedicated to the Iranian nuclear program, the Shahab 5 and 6 are barely speculative as of the writing, and it would probably take 8-10 years before a protoype is even POSSIBLE. If Iran and North Korea are as linked as some believe, just a preliminary look at NK's missile situation fills me with laughter, not dread. Last and definitely least, of course World War 2 was a major war. Where did that come in? Deaths are NOT the measure of how major a war is. The reality is the United States has nearly 175,000 military personnel in Iraq and probably a similar number in Afghanistan. To say this isn't a major war is lunacy. The war on terror is a major, global war. While not the equal of a traditional world war, it is a major war. The way I see it, it's not even a war on terror. It's a war on Islam. A few hundred crazies go after America, and now every Muslim that turns up in Iraq opposing us is a terrorist. They don't see CNN or Newsweek, they see a Western super-power invading not one, but TWO Muslim nations. That'd be enough for me. I don't condone some of the actions they take, but their motivation is without reproach. The Qu'ran says a Muslim must defend the rights of other Muslims. We are simply giving people like al-Sadr and bin Laden the exact kind of news they want - America invading countries with large Muslim populations. We can't do that anymore.