Iran warns any attack would start a 'world war'...?

Question

Is that like when Saddam said war with his country (it was over in 4 days) would be the mother of all wars?

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080830094819.pcrrm00f&show_article=1

Answer 1

Nonsense

World wars are a based upon countries honoring the mutual defense agreements that they have with each other whereas an attack against one is considered to be an attack against all

Who does Iran have mutual defense agreements with that would escalate into a world war ?

Answer 2

Iran's President is the Mother of All Sub Human Morons.

Answer 3

Yep! Iran is full of c**p. We could bomb them into the stone age in just a few days.

Answer 4

I don't see how it would start a world war. No country is going to intervene to defend Iran, and I doubt that either Israel or the U.S. would have a lot of international support in an invasion. I think the Iranian military would be a much bigger challenge than Saddam's. I guarantee that the U.S. military will be bogged down in another long, bloody insurgency, too. And it certainly won't help America's reputation (which is very important, despite what you may think.)

And to the above answerer, I think he was referring to the Persian Gulf War. Though the war actually lasted a few months, the decisive U.S.-led Coalition ground campaign only took a few days. And very few Iraqi insurgents are Ba'ath supporters, for your information.

Answer 5

Iran is starting a war like I'm starting a war. This is call blind man's bluff in geo-politics. Act bad and maybe, just maybe others will leave you alone.

Answer 6

... may i say that Iran is 3x as large as iraq and is made up of ONE TYPE OF MMUSLIM GROUP... these people are not made up of 2 like Iraquis are...

If you wage war on 3 muslim nations SIMULTANEOUSLY, you have declared war on the muslim war. the middle east will explode, problems with lebanon and sryia will just be exacerbated...

im not saying that we will lose the war, i know for a fact that we can beat iran... but the question is, do we have to?

because the political ramifications will be plenty and long lasting.

Answer 7

Iran is very much correct. Do not confuse strong Iran with weak Iraq where we are up to our ears in **** and still cannot win.

Answer 8

It is extremely unlikely that any attack on Iran would start a World War.

For one thing, in order for countries to get "sucked in" there needs to be defense agreements in place, similar to those at the start of WWI.

Currently Iran has no defense agreement with any other nation, so in the event of an attack, Iran is unlikely to receive any military assistance.

Basically, it would be on its own.

The only thing which might cause a problem is if the attacking nation is Israel, in which case other Arab nations might put oil sanctions in place and reduce supply to any Western nation whom they regard as friendly to Israel.

However, Saudi Arabia is the largest oil exporter in the world and would be reluctant to take part in such actions, although pressure from any public outcry in the country might force such a move.

Answer 9

What the h**l are you talking about the war was over in four days? Saddam may have officially been removed from power at that time- but his supporters still wage war against us. It's called guerrilla warfare.

Answer 10

President ahmahdinajad (sp?) also says the holocaust never happened. I hope we don't invade but not because I'm afraid of what he says.