Naw, war with Iran, NK, would just be too costly in both dollars and people. The best defense against an organized attack is the very threat of wiping them out.
I'd say Iran is more interested in gaining nuke status as that would make our invasion of their country less likely. What if Iran got a few nukes? They'd dare not use them. They might be able to put major hurt on one of our cities, but that would open the door of our turning all of Iran into glass.
No, the time of sabre rattling is over. The time for opening diplomatic relations and dialogue is long over due.
The risks are too great.
LOL, some of you crack me up. Here we are, the most powerful nation in the history of the earth, and you're afraid of Iran? NK? Saddam's Iraq? Libya? Cuba?
My goodness, how did you ever sleep at night when the Soviet Union was at its peak?