Comment by johnsmith1840

If US destroys Iran it will be the dominate energy supplier for the next 100 years. Iran will be in shambles for 50 years.

If Iran surrenders US will be the dominate energy supplier for the next 30 years. Iran will be in shambles for 10 years.

The former would cause a worldwide depression but the clear winner of that is the US by a very large margin. If Iran wants to destroy itself and its neighbors US would be happy with the untold billions that would flow into the country and its energy infra investments in venezuela. All the wealth of middle east would leave and not be reinvested as now it's risky to invest in the ME.

Iran has the choice of a deal US likes or to make the middle east a wasteland for Israel to dominate for generations while US grows to a power that is hard to comprehend.

The only thing that has to happen for US to win is not surrender to a country with no military whose only threat they can make is to harm everyone else in the world but the US.