Originally posted by Prokurator
Iran's Reasons:
1) Bring down its old Sunni enemies in Iraq (expecting the U.S. to do the job and the war to eventually become unpopular).
2) Let U.S. hunt down Saddam Hussein and Osama-bin-Laden, and possibly overextend its army. Meanwhile, buy time to develop nuclear weapons.
So what you are telling me is that Iranians can see into the future? How talented!
Oh, and in case you have forgotten, the premise for going into Iraq was those mythical WMD...the evasive little scamps. It was not originally
terrorism/9-11 etc.
Really, whats the point...
