Sorry, the editing function was jumping the text around like popcorn and i ran out of time. “They do not have to be suicidal “Twelvers” in order to proceed….”

The whole “Twelver” meme could be disinformation –it IS implausible, and yet DOES seem to call for caution when dealing with the regime. IOW in the carrying forward of a lesser argument against its being so, it fits as classic disinformation, and functions to hide the cold-blooded logic of war preparation as something scary yes but so wild that time itself working through the common people will eventually tamp it down and out.

And the common people are, you know, against the regime anyway –didn’t we just see the riots the flamboyantly stolen election roused up?

Lastly, the ongoing missile frenzy –they fired a new longe range model just today –is dangerous enough –in the sense of attracting an Israeli attack –that the stakes must be high enough to justify the risk. So –what would those stakes be today, at this time, with the warheads –the bombs –not yet developed? What is the reward to match the risk? Can’t think of anything proximate that makes sense –other than “those crazy, bellicose Iranians”?

Exactly. Only a smuggled-in bomb ties it all together.

(end hypothetical)