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In reply to the discussion: Iran: Rohani forms cabinet, appoints female VP [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)I sometimes wonder if people HOPE for a war with Iran, so they have something to complain about.
No one is invading Iran. All you have to do is go there, once, and it will become apparent why. It is a hostile landscape, mountains and desert, full of people with a strong, deep sense of national pride (distinct from their irritation over the present regime) and a clear sense of their long (to include their pre-Islamic) history. They are not Arabs, their culture is unique. They have a very unique POV in the region and it does set them apart--as does their following of shi'a tenets.
You won't see "Forty Seconds Over Tokyo" and craters in the street. If anything gets taken out, it will be something to do with nuclear weapons development, the event will be surgical and on a military base, or delivered by moterbike to a car, and the Israelis will do it.
As for sanctions, Rohani (with permission of the Guardians) isn't offering up sweeter words because they aren't working.