I get the feeling they are standing at the border giving us and Israel a "na,na,na,na,na, with their fingers in their ears, daring us to come get them. Why though?
I got that same thought......why?
Harry Browne (bless his soul) called it the error of identification. The tipping point in Iran is stark raving mad. To attempt to match them is the way to madness. They need to be smashed as flat as possible without killing the sane.
Perhaps they invite the West's military response. Having that, they can then justify their intended nuclear intentions to their own people and the rest of the world. These people are plain nuts... that is what makes them so dangerous. Hang on, there is one hell of a ride ahead! No E-Ticket needed.
"Why though?"
They know that US rather won't attack them. "Limited military action" can't change the situation very much and full scale invasion is just not possible in short therm, so they want to show themselves as a counterweight to US and become a leader of the whole Islamic world. Bush saying "We will defend Israel" only help them "proving" their points.