maybepilot,
Iran?Not really any threat let's be honest (a coupe of submarines off the coast of India would do the job) , just a country full of oil that sooner or later will bend to the power of $$ to the advantage of both the seller (local regime permitting) and the buyer and this is a rule which was in place well before capitalism and islam.
Well, that just about sums it up
But I'm still unsure if that statement, fit to precede the phrase "I rest my case", is for the defence or the prosecution