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Nah Iran shouldn't be too hard. The problem is that they are pretty much:
a) well known to have WMDS / pursuing the big ones (hell they probably have nukes anyways) and as well know, once you play the nuke card, its not so easy anymore
b) Iran is like what Russia once was to the Balkans - Russia saw its duty (before WW1) to promote a united Balkans udnre Russian leadership - Iran (at least the fundies there) feel that Iran should unite the Arabs/Middle East. Of course then again thats the goal of practically every leader anyways but Iran has a lot more power in this case than Iraq - people from all over would fight for Iran (at least those who believe in their ideas.)
c) Iran is a pretty big key nation in the Middle East - Iraq for a long time had sanctions and was pretty much isolated by the nations around it - Iran on the other hand, isn't quite so - its also right between Pakistan and Iraq, right south of Russia, and holds a large chunk of real estate. Taking out Iran would hurt the area and would create a vacuum of power in a critical area. If anyone is reading history, thats not a very good thing to do.
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