Iran has been escalating reasonably, and is clearly acting as a sovereign state should. You can project all you want, but Saddam was playing another ballgame.

Iran has been escalating reasonably, and is clearly acting as a sovereign state should. You can project all you want, but Saddam was playing another ballgame. Unfortunately, international law means nothing these days, so it might have been a mistake to not establish deterrence sooner. Regardless, Iran is not going to be as easy to topple as some people might think.