Quote magic piano="magic piano"The uproar over the nuclear issue in Iran is because of the threat it poses to Israel and thus the US' interests in the Middle East. But the US will never attack Iran directly, only really by backing up Israel with weaponry and personnel - not that Israel would necessarily need the support of the US but it would be there nonetheless. The USA has a history of rightly or wrongly getting involved in other peoples' wars when it seems to suit them as "leaders of the free world" and almost universally screwing up that involvement; Korea in the 50's, Vietnam, Afghanistan in 79, Grenada, Colombia, Libya, Lebanon, supporting Saddam in the 80's against Iran, Iraq twice, Afghanistan again, the list goes on and every time the USA will not attack those they see as their true enemy (Russia/China/Iran) due to their fear of unleashing the unspeakable war...'"
Don't forget the Yanks have deployed millitary assets in Cuba, El Salvador, Cambodia, Iran, Panama, Philippines, Liberia, Haiti, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Côte d'Ivoire, Georgia, Djibouti, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Pakistan, to name a few.
Big bullies.