Stick with going after leaders.
Precisely, my good FRiend.
If you have ever seen the classic western film Rio Bravo, you might recall a scene in which bad guy Burdett rode into town with about 4 hired gunslingers.
Dude (played by Dean Martin) confronted them and Burdett observed that Dude had no chance against (approx) 5 guns.
Paraphrasing...
"That's right, Mister Burdett, but it doesn't matter. Because if we start shooting, I'm getting YOU first."
Burdett then instructed his hirelings to comply w Dude.
Similarly, if the iranian top creeps know that THEY are the targets (and hiding only works most of the time), they just might not put that stick in the hornets' nest.
That said, one wonders are they s. m. a. r. t. enough for enlightened self preservation-related decisions?
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