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Any kind of attack on Iran is not in the United States' best interest right now or ever. This problem with Iran is obvious a political one. What Iran is trying to do is get U.S. attention. They want the U.S. to attack them. They want to get underneath the skin or our government and rouse the most advanced military in the world. If the United States attacks Iran, the entire world is going be watching, and that's exactly what Iran wants. Iran wants that kind of recognition as some sort of world power. "Iran isn't a world power," you say. Obviously, it has some sort of power, or the United States wouldn't be at least tossing around the idea of attacking Iran.

One result of a U.S. attack on Iran would a full-scale nuclear war. It would be a rather short war in which the United States quickly disposes of Iran's air fields and wins; however, even the thought of a nuclear war on this planet scares me. It happened once, and it put the entire world on edge until it was resolved. Why aren't we that afraid of it this time? Nuclear weapons haven't become less deadly: if anything, they've become more deadly.

Barring a full-scale nuclear war, another result of a U.S. attack on Iran would more anti-American sentiments in the Arab world. The United States already has a bad history with the Arab world. So, why make it worse? After all, they are in control of our the one addiction/weakness that could bring us to our knees if exploited correctly: oil.

Now, the United States has reached a few questions: "How long do we sit back and watch Iran build nuclear weapons? When should we jump in and do something, and should we even jump in and do something?"

The answer to both of these questions is "no". "How long do we sit back and watch Iran build nuclear weapons?" We do not sit back and watch Iran build nuclear weapons. We need to give them reasons not to: incentives for not producing nuclear weapons. "Should we even jump in and do something?" Iran is its own country, and it has its own governing body. As we've already learned, the United States' ideas of how an Arab country should be run are not always the best ideas for that country. For once, the U.S. should play by the rules: don't do anything until the UN says to do something about it.

However, if the U.S. played by the rules, it wouldn't be the bully country of the world that flexes its military muscles and beats up on other countries in the name of making money and advancing its power and control.

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