if we give al-queda a country then terrorists will live forever.
if we give a secular leader more time in power then we can't really hit iran.
if we give the world a nuked iran and said fuck off then nobody would do a damn thing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrodollar_warfare
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...962055348.html
http://www.democraticunderground.com...ss=102x2105616 (Iraq did the same thing btw)