Not suggesting it’s a smart move on Iran’s part. There are things the US could do, and Obama’s only around for another year and a half. Could clearly be counter productive with a Republican President. I think they’re enjoying their victory. And who knows what their plans are for the next 18 months. They could well have a bomb by inauguration day, there’s no one to stop them. Which could have all kinds of ramifications. It’s probably a mistake to view them as rational actors, who I agree would bank their victory and quietly make the most of it the next few years. With some nice words for Obama, costs nothing. Clearly that’s not their plan, in many ways their incitement goes on unchanged. Rational in a western context, if you’re a twelver like most of the Mullahs you’re operating under a different set of rules.
If you’re a twelver...
Anything to make the Mahdi come up out of that well.
The thing is, you’d think that Obama would have enough advisers with familiarity with these goons to tell him if they are crazy or crazy like foxes. And what about the rest of the signatories? I know profit drives them, but an irrational actor with a bomb is a problem for them too. Consider the fallout if things so awry.