Skeptical View of Current Events, Gun Boat Diplomacy Again!

I was reading the Economist the other day, and the cover had a picture of a B-2 bomber with the caption "Next Stop, Iran?" I'm curious as to what the point of sending a bomber to Iran would be. The US government has stated that they do not want to enter a conflict with Iran, however, it seems to be ominous (if thats the right word)... Moreover, they, (the government) have stated that the nuclear facility in Iran ought to be shut down, but how do they plan on getting that done? We can't blow it up, that would be wrong, we can ask them diplomaticly, but no one will listen, all we can do is threaten them and that does not seem like too bright of an idea.
We are in the process of bribing North Korea with fuel oil in order for thier surrender of their Nuclear capabilities, we invaded Iraq because we thought they had WMD's, but Iran? Iran has the capabilities and most likely has the bomb, but can we afford a conflict? "WE ARE not planning for a war with Iran." So said Robert Gates, America's new defence secretary, on February 2nd.
This nation is in debt, we are running out of supplies (there is a 3 year backup on vehicle repairs out of Iraq, and we simply do not have the work force in this country to fix them). In the Gulf, we have aircraft carriers, and I can only imagine that G-Dub, thinks he is the reincarnation of Teddy Roosevelt. he might just be thinking "If Mahmoud Ahmadinejad does not do what I want, I will blow him off the face of the earth?" Doesn't that seem a bit ridiculous? Or am I just reading things wrong? Did I miss something?
I have no idea what the hell he is thinking, put simply, we are already spread too thin, we have soldiers all over the place and unless we reinstate the draft, we will never have enough people enlisted in our armed forces.
Is it just some sort of anti Iran propaganda in order to insite anger and hostility? I don't know, but I fear the results could be disasterous.

Update
Jflog-
I don't think reinstating the draft is a good thing, but several other countries have mandatory military service :

• 2.1 Austria
• 2.2 Belarus
• 2.3 Bermuda
• 2.4 Brazil
• 2.5 Bulgaria
• 2.6 Chile
• 2.7 China (PRC)
• 2.8 Croatia
• 2.9 Cyprus
• 2.10 Denmark
• 2.11 Egypt
• 2.12 Eritrea
• 2.13 Finland
• 2.14 Germany
• 2.15 Greece
• 2.16 Iran
• 2.17 Israel
• 2.18 Korea, South
• 2.19 Lebanon
• 2.20 Malaysia
• 2.21 Mexico
• 2.22 Norway
• 2.23 Poland
• 2.24 Russia
• 2.25 Serbia
• 2.26 Singapore
• 2.27 Sweden
• 2.28 Switzerland
• 2.29 Taiwan (ROC)
• 2.30 Turkey
• 2.31 Ukraine
• (I am not sure how true this list is (courtesy of wikipedia)).

No one has the right answer, at least no one I know of. At the same time, who gets to decide what the right answer is? Again. This conversation will lead to more questions, that are arbitrary because they cannot be answered. This is the conundrum that our government is facing right now. It's a catch-22 any way they go about it, but I guess thats the role this country has assumed.