Quote Originally Posted by KukriKhan
And the day after the air strikes, the IRG moves into southeastern Iraq(where we've pushed the Baghdad badguys with our surge) and southern Afghanistan... voila! in 6 months you have 'Greater Iran' and Sunni/Kurdistan remaining. And zero international support.
Well that assumes we leave intact thier ability to move into these area's dosent it? I suspect that airstrikes will envitably lead to targeting military infrastructure as well (I am not advocating that, its just my read on the evolution of the event).

I also think that any land grab by Iran, in a weakened state, will envoke a reaction from Sunni majority states in the region. Iran is a powerful nation but its ability to act unilaterally is some what contigent on regional support for its policies which it dosent have.