Predicted effects of invading Iran asserted by advocates of such invasion:
By detractors:
- Perception of "USA vs. Islam[?]" as real agenda of G. W. Bush
- Breakdown of United Nations Security Council and NATO unity
- Perception by North Korea that talking to, or cooperating with, other nations is simply part of a strategy designed to get it to disarm itself or stand by as troops are marshalled nearby, and then invade it after abrupt cut off of negotiations.
- etc.
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