> either US/Israel starts it or Iran starts it - when they get the upper hand Iran's modern history doesn't suggest this at all. Quite the opposite - they have

> either US/Israel starts it or Iran starts it - when they get the upper hand Iran's modern history doesn't suggest this at all. Quite the opposite - they have been continually invaded. To me, theirs seems like an explicitly defensive stance. They have no airforce, navy, or tanks and such to speak of - just missiles and drones. Not a force suited to invading other countries. You could argue about their support for regional militia's but I still wouldn't concede that indicates any desire to start a war.