USA about to declare war on Iran?

Oh come on, you have to see beyond official diplomatic positions. That's what politics is all about. When placed in an extreme scenario such as WW3, countries such as China and NK would pretty rapidly align themselves with Iran.

A ground invasion of Iran would be near disastrous for America, so naturally Bush wants to do it. Seriously though, it's not going to happen.

No, I'd say a ground invasion is unlikely - surely even Bush can see that it would be suicidal. If they can't even beat guerilla fighters in Iraq, they'd really struggle against the Iranians. I wouldn't be at all surprised if they commence airstrikes though.

It's a completely different scenario.

The U.S. Army is a conventional army - the strongest in the world - but it is not suited towards fighting the war in Iraq - but fighting in Iran would, at start, be a completely different matter.
The U.S. Army would win any conventional battle against the Iranians, but would then struggle to rebuild the country after crushing the government and leaving a hostile, disbanded army, which will adopt very similar tactics found now in Iraq. (Just as in Iraq - Saddam's forces were crushed with ease, and look at the situation now).

Well I agree that the US is hopeless against guerilla fighters in general (just look at Vietnam. The VK were so agile that they ended up making the Americans shoot each other more often than not) but I think you might be underestimating Iran's army nonetheless. They are a very different proposition to Iraq.

And then what do you do? Just wander off, job done? Sure, it could bomb Iran, but then it would get its armies in Afghanistan & Iraq massacred, while also losing any public or political support from the rest of the world.
The Iranians possess an array of conventional weaponry able to hit Israel, too. It would not surprise me if they had have chemical and biological weapons stored somewhere as well.

And hundreds of thousands if not millions of Iranian civilian casualties. It would also trigger a declaration of war on every western nation with forces in the middle east, leading to an Iranian invasion of Iraq.

America would also become isolated from world politics, and quite possibly viewed as a rogue state in the same way that Nazi Germany was. The fact is that the US has no legitimate reason to attack Iran whatsoever. Thus far they haven't even cooked up some story about 45 minutes to the destruction of the west. The closest they've got is this nonsense about Iran trying to build a nuclear bomb, despite the fact that Iran entirely lacks the ability to do so. Iran has a fairly brutal regime which abuses human rights, but then so does Texas. They certainly pose no threat to western sovereignty at present.

I'd rank it as 'very unlikely' to 'no'

If the US carries out sustained airstrikes against Iran, Iran will attempt to hit Israel. If Iran hits Israel with a special which causes significant damage, Israel would respond with action nobody wants to see.

China and Russia withdrew political support for Iran a whiles ago.

North Korea, although on close terms with Iran is sandwiched between the largest, and 6th largest armies in the world, while its army, although large, does not match China, the US, or South Korea in terms of the modernity of its equipment. It can offer no real support.

etc.. means that you've ran out of countries.

It's a completely different scenario.

The U.S. Army is a conventional army - the strongest in the world - but it is not suited towards fighting the war in Iraq - but fighting in Iran would, at start, be a completely different matter.
The U.S. Army would win any conventional battle against the Iranians, but would then struggle to rebuild the country after crushing the government and leaving a hostile, disbanded army, which will adopt very similar tactics found now in Iraq. (Just as in Iraq - Saddam's forces were crushed with ease, and look at the situation now).

Whilst the US would eventually win, it would require a very significant effort, involving the mobilisation of probably the biggest army the Americans have ever used. There is no way the US economy is in a fit state for that, and public opinion of the Bush administration within the US is positively acidic.

Israeli army is also conventional, they got their asses handed to them by Hezbollah.

where is proof of all this, and secondly i changed what i put in my post long ago.

I'd rank it as 'very unlikely' to 'no'

If the US carries out sustained airstrikes against Iran, Iran will attempt to hit Israel. If Iran hits Israel with a special which causes significant damage, Israel would respond with action nobody wants to see.

And your point is?

According to the Americans and British, Iran is already doing a huge amount to support the insurgency in Iraq.

Surely with an army the size of americas, they could start a war in any part of the world, with anyone, within a day? All they have to do is send the long range missiles and planes over there?

Surely with an army the size of americas, they could start a war in any part of the world, with anyone, within a day? All they have to do is send the long range missiles and planes over there?

Surely with an army the size of americas, they could start a war in any part of the world, with anyone, within a day? All they have to do is send the long range missiles and planes over there?