To the commentors who believe Iran has the weapons to compete with the U.S., Britton, or Israel, you had better do some more studying. What they have is hype. Their airplanes are 30 years old and barely flyable. Their rockets are ancient compared to the west’s arsenal and its defenses. They might get lucky and hit something with one out of a few hundred missiles fired, but that is about it. The west could turn them into ashes today if they wanted and neither Iran nor any of their arms suppliers could stop it. They do appear to have bought some new and good Russian defense systems, but it can’t hit what it can’t see. Iran is totally defenseless to an attack by the west if the west chooses.
Should the west attack? No, but a few things to stop incoming and outgoing goods and people would force changes to occur inside Iran, and, it should take place – now and with force just to show that they are so insignificant in terms of the power they keep boasting of.
Is there a reason the west has not done more yet? Maybe and probably.
