Adam Gamradt wrote:"Let me reassure you and everybody else: We're not planning on invading Iran," White House spokesman Tony Snow said at a briefing.
Whoever thinks we could even pull off an invasion of Iran is smoking crack.
Even though they might lose in a stand-up battle, they're even more suited than Iraq for waging a drawn-out insurgency. They have double the population of Iraq, a more rugged terrain, a military that hasn't been depleted by years of sanctions, a longer history of nationalism, and lot more oil money.
There are also a lot of countries, namely China, who would probably provide them with support and intelligence to protect their energy supplies.
Read up on the Iran-Iraq war sometime.