I honestly think one of the reasons we have been planning this war, and engaging in it, is to have just what we have now!
3 sides of Iran surrounded.
We have troops on the East in Afghanistan, in the South in the Persian Gulf, and in the west in Iraq, and also friendly bases in Russia in the north.
Iran is surrounded.
What will it take to start the war?
I am willing to bet we are training some people who are Iranian patriots right now.
The war has already started.
"and also friendly bases in Russia in the north. "
Russia is friends with the current regime in Iran. Russia would not allow attacks to occur from their soil targeting Iran.