Iran + nukes = GOP's wet dream?

Iran wants nukes. And Iran has the ability to develop them. But Iran is a Muslim nation that hates America. (Unfortunately, U.S. meddling in the 1950s-70s is the cause of that. But let's be good Americans and pretend that history doesn't exist...) It's not in America's interest, especially our oil-related interests, for any Muslim nation with strength and courage to have nuclear weapons. That would mean American politicians and businesses would have to actually treat them as equals, or at least with a modicum of respect. And that's just bad for our imperial agenda, not to mention bad for business in general.

The future is now being set. America will either go to war against Iran or engage in another multi-generational "cold war" against Iran and probably many other Muslim nations. A war would be our best bet of stomping their Christ-disrespectin' heathen souls back into third-rate status. A cold war might just end up giving them respect and aid from other nations who don't trust America (which is most of them, at this point).

There is one more possibility, and it's the absolute worst option: another Vietnam-like proxy war where the U.S. and Iran fight it out indirectly in a third country--like, oh, Iraq. Sadly, it's also the likeliest scenario. That way American politicians can crow to war-lovers at home and abroad that they are fighting against terrorism and nuclear proliferation without actually having to win that fight. Not losing ground is all that they need. It keeps the country in a constant state of war (complete with war powers for the president) and the military industrial complex showering in bloated contracts.