That is not the intended implication. The US is not currently powerful enough to add a full-fledged war against Iran to its docket of wars. Military power = t

That is not the intended implication. The US is not currently powerful enough to add a full-fledged war against Iran to its docket of wars. Military power = technology * money * public will Since the public would not accept the sacrifices necessary to engage in an all-out war with Iran, the US is hamstrung. How to fix this? Simple, increase the public will toward war with Iran. Since the American public is growing skeptical of warmongering claims, and Iran actually has the moral high ground in this case, the US has no choice but to keep from the American people information that would cause some parties to demand a war that could not actually happen.