Absurd.
Why would Iran opt for Total War when they get most of what they want without it?
How does total war help Iran in any way?
No Fleet Commander can lose a carrier without firing everything he has. Everything.
Iran is led by a madman who believes that the 12th imam is going to emerge from a well in a dusty village in Iran. This will happen only after he brings a holocaust on the whole world. Nuking Israel or sinking a US carrier, it doesn't matter to him, whatever works.
Hitler WAS NOT as insane in 1939 as these people are now. We are in for a rough ride.
“Absurd.”
Know your enemy. The Iranians aren’t the model of logic. Their threats come in the face of new sanctions.
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor under that kind of pressure.
It seems one of Iran’s goals is total dominance over the middle east. Sinking a US carrier would do much to further that goal.
Iran is unafraid of US retaliation. Our commander-in-chief is a joke.
A surprise submarine attack, (Iran does have subs), could greatly cripple, if not sink a carrier.
There are rules of engagement, even in the face of an attack. If a sub torpedoes a carrier, the Commander would have to be 100% sure of the attacker before a response. This would end up going back to the White House. The White House would involve the UN and that would lead to inaction.
Absurd? Maybe. Plausible? I think so.