Cripes!
If we let Russia get away with anything in Georgia, Ukraine or the Baltics we become the weak horse and cred goes to buggery in the ‘Stans and Pakistan as well as Iran.
If Russia turns the screws against our supply line to Afghanistan it encourages the islamists to have a go at Russia too but that’s later.
Pakistan is a disaster area and we can’t let those nukes escape if the Pakis go belly up.
And if we do that we’ve got to destroy Al Qaeda and the Taliban in the Paki tribal areas quickly.
Sounds like it’s got to be Iran. Soon.
And that includes taking out their one big refinery, all naval bases and then imposing a naval blockade to keep them from getting petrol and diesel fuel.

What a neighborhood.

Reminds me of Ambrose Bierce and his line about “War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography”.