>>It worked with WW II. FDR had been trying everything he could think of and nothing had really worked until we entered the war.
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>So it is no-brainer then. All they need is some oAxis.Evil() to start it first. {g}

But it has to have enough capacity to require the economy to go onto a war footing, so Iran doesn't quite cut it. The Germans historically like to step up for this role and they have the added bonus of no nukes.