Well...you would think they aren't that smart. So far, they have beaten the US and Europe at every corner. There won't be a UN sanction effort because the Chinese and Russians are already sleeping with Iran, and with China depending on their oil...China won't dare go against them. As for technology...it used to be the US, Russia, or Europe that you'd go to...but now those dang North Koreans and Pakastanis have the engineers and capabilites...so you can't stop information flow. The US military is bogged down in Iraq...and with Iran funneling suicide bombers and bombs right into Iraq...there is no way for the US to poise itself for a military action into Iran.
I'd say the Iranians have been fairly smart. By moving their cash out of Europe...they have prevented any cash problems when the UN finally does get to that point. Face it...which was the worse problem...Iraq with Saddam in charge or a nuclear Iran? Our CIA guys should have known four years ago that Iran was moving this direction, and this should have been our number one issue.
Good thoughts, but that's where you went wrong. The media will tell you different, but we do have a military that can walk and chew gum at the same time! Our military planners can, too.
Their cash will be worthless. Also counterfiet operations will make it very, very much more worthless.
Actually, IMO, Iran has forced what would have been a sketchy conventional war for the Coalition of the Willing to win quickly (for numerous reasons) into a certain War of Iran's Total Obliteration by leaving no option but rapid escalation.
Iran is gambling on the pressure of the World Communists inside and outside of America to cause America to back down from doing what Bush unequivocally said: "Iran will not be allowed to have nukes".
I believed President Bush then re: NO NUCLEAR IRAN! and I have no reason to doubt him now.