Why Iran will lead to World War 3

North America produces alot of oil itself, the thing is even if the Alaskan fields were cheaper then they are to open now, M.East oil would most likely still be cheaper and we would still buy it. The US can produce enough oil for itself, but the companies are trying to make a huge profit and the best way of doing this is selling US produced oil and buying M.East oil for the American consumer.

That is why I believe the Iraq war was to have greater control over oil so China won't have the chance to buy enough oil to sustain its military as well as the US could.

I'll be honest I didn't know about that Iran pipeline issue, but thinking about it, it fits into the theory. I don't know how good of allies Iran and China are, but Russia and Iran are allies. Russia has helped the Iranians build their nuclear power plant. The US government keeping that in mind probably going along with the future strategy of Iraq thought that they could supply China with oil in the future, becoming a major ally of China and a stronger enemy for the US. This is just a theory.

Honestly I don't know the truth, I can say its easily for the oil as the whole world does, or go on a theory that makes sense in thinking about the countries future and the gov't look for any means to keep its super power status from others. We can point fingers and argue for hours, but we don't have any of the information that the governments do have and it could be that both things we are saying are far from the truth, like I said we'll know why its happening the way it is in the future, only time will tell.

Well its the first time in about 15 years Americans are watching how much they spend on oil and its because of the prices, but in reality we aren't running out of any oil, not that you said  that, but big companies have found away to make money and blame it on the war.

China already kinda taunts America right now, how do you think they'll be on equal footing with us. I hope they make a better world power then we are right now, the alternative I think would be them being more agressive then us.

We get rescources from those countries? The US isn't even in dire need for rescources and won't be for along time. The only way Iran can hurt the US is by taking Saudi Arabia or Kuwait, and I guess now Iraq if they sell us oil because those three sit on the largest oil fields. But Saudi Arabia is the country we have the deal with and they give us more then enough of oil. On top of that the US is in the top 10 or even 5 oil producers and we haven't even opened up oil fields in Alaska yet. Honestly the US doesn't have to worry about oil, our profit comes from selling our own oil and buying Saudi Arabian oil.

But I do like the theory of America trying to control the oil fields in the Mid.East because of China, its the only thing that really makes sense. I don't know how China is going to be as a Super Power, hopefully they'll be better then my country so we don't have to have these debats lol. We'll know more as the years go on though.

Having nuclear power won't do anything except maybe causing a few nuclear explosions in the wrong hands, who has the wrong hands, I don't know but I wish America would stay out of this decision. The US I'm guessing is worried about Israel, but can't that country handle itself now? That country really is dragging us down...

The competition America needs to worry about is China and India and not Iran, because supposedly they are the next super powers and China is supposed to become stronger then the US from what I hear.

A first step to what?  

If the U.S. happens to attack Iran, it wont be another Iraq....there will be more casualties in a much shorter period of time than there is in Iraq.

And the domestic situation in the U.S. if we happen to go to war with Iran will be one of a Nazi-dictatorship posing as a democracy. After 9/11 the government passed the Patriot Act, which gives the government the right to break into ANY home at ANY time, and they dont even have to have a reason to do it (one of the many Nazi-esque laws in the Patriot Act). This is the makings of a domestic police-state similiar to the SS and Gestapo of Nazi Germany. If a war with Iran ensues, the domestic situation will only be worse, with more outrageous domestic laws being passed under the guise of "protection from terrorism". Also, the economy will go to sh**.

And also, if the U.S. goes to war with Iran, chances are they will bring back the military draft. They are currently trying to pass it in the senate and congress, but with no success. But i think the rule is that in a wartime situation the president can decide 'what is best' because the U.S. president is also the Commander-in-Chief of the Army. There is already a shortage of soldiers in Iraq, and if we start a war with Iran, its almost certain that they will reinstate the military draft.

For all you U.S. citizens in the forum, here are the most common age groups to be drafted into the military, according to their system of drafting soldiers.

1. If your 20th birthday is in the same year as the draft, you will have the largest chance of being drafted.

2. If your 21st birthday is in the same year as the draft, you will have the second-largest chance of being drafted.

3. 22nd b-day
4. 23rd b-day
5. 24th b-day
6. 25th b-day....after this it goes to the 25 and older group. 18-year olds and those turning 19 will probably not be drafted. But i wouldnt be surprised if they change this order before wartime. Afterall, they change anything they want when its convenient for them.

Im gonna be 20 in 2006, so im probably going to be shipped to Tehran or Esfahan or Tabriz or any one of those great places. Problem is my job will be to blow up innocent people. Id rather serve jail-time or leave the country.

I think its a better idea if the first group to get drafted are all the males that voted for Bush in the last election. They chose him, let them deal with his BS. Hell, let them send the women that voted for Bush too...being ignorant is not gender-exclusive. At least this way the army would be more loyal, because half of those U.S. soldiers dont even agree with the war, especially after they experienced it.

Maybe they should stop storing a certain percent of there oil.

Or dig in Alaska.

The more populous and developed a a country is the more oil it consumes. The reason many arab countries can export so much of their oil is that most have very low population and are not very high on development scale. As oil becomes more expensive it make other sources of energy like nuclear more cost effective and that is why there is an effort to increase the use nuclear power in the use and cut back on oil consumption in the US