For Stephanie,
There's much speculation, anticipation and projections being presented by the medias on the so called up coming attack on Iran.  There are so many possibilities as to when it will happen.
 
A couple of things to consider.   Iran's military presenting themselves as a viable force is a falsehood.  If Irans military had the resources and expertise to fight a war ,,  they would have already launched an attack.
 
One thing for sure is Irans pursuit of nuclear technology for domestic use and for military weapons.
Right now, Iran is depending on militias to make a bonafide threat.
 
The Iranian militias have 10s of thousands of rockets and some missles.  If those rockes and missles are used against Israel and US Allies a lot of problems would occurr but rockes and missles cant win a war.  Its an effective terrorism method but if there is an ensuing battle ,, the US will win.
 
If we look back at the offerings for nuclear fuel for Irans reactors.  Russia was going to supply it, the EU was going to suplly it, and probably a whole bunch of other nations made some real good offerings to Iran in order not to produce nuclear fuel.
 
One thing for sure.  The Unites States is a SUPER POWER to the third and fourth level of being a Super Power.  At any given moment we can take over the world.  No one out there comes even close the the US.
 
The top industrialized nations of the world will act and present a perception that US isnt as Super Powerish in todays world events.  But the US and these countries have agreed to such perception because of many reasons e.g. anarchy in other democracies.
 
So, the question of Russia, China  etc. supporting Iran, would not occurr.  Irans main goal from all this ,,, is to bring back the Mahdi.
 
The US being in Iraq is making Iran put all the Mahdi cards on the table.  This is similar to Japan in WWII.  Japan prayed to a lot of false gods prior to and during WWII.  But after Japans defeat a lot of the country converted to Christianity and still is today.    Because,,,, of this,,,, Our conquerors God must be the true God because they beat us.  If our gods were real,,, we would have won.
The same is now going on with the extreme Islamic beliefs.