[af_vet_rr]

I don't think it has any validity. Iran needs Europe to stay out of things (i.e. not give the US or Israel carte blanche in regards to military actions) and can't afford an open war with Israel or the US.

Attacking the US or Europe would bring NATO into it (people forget, there are NATO forces operating all over Afghanistan, immediately after 9/11, and even up through today - the attack on the US activated a NATO military response).

Iran's leadership is crazy, but they aren't North Korea crazy.

[El Gato]

Iran's leadership is crazy, but they aren't North Korea crazy.

Not as crazy perhaps, but much more fanatic. You have to remember the place is run by a bunch of Cardinal Richelieus, in turbans, and without the diplomatic sense, or craftiness, of His Eminence.