Originally Posted by
waito
Have you read the comparison between "Firepower" of Israel and Iran?
While it's not the full story and doesn't give a final result how strong both alliances really are (conventionally), Iran is not the "little guy".
They are a medium sized power and are for sure a significant regional power in the Middle East.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said Saturday’s attack was a limited one but that "nothing would remain from the Zionist regime," should it escalate the current situation, the official IRNA news agency reported...{he} spoke during an Army Day parade at a military base in northern Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 17, 2024... warned that the "tiniest invasion" by Israel would bring a "massive and harsh" response.
{source} ~AP Newsroom~
The war of words continues to heat up.
Originally Posted by
waito
Many years, arguments were brought forward "but Iran has never started an attack or war on another country". Read it in arguments re nuclear program, that Iran just supports the Palestinian Underdogd, just want to defend against the imperialist west. That illusion has come to an end! Iran is an aggressor, using official, conventional military attack on a different country. They are no less evil than any other aggressor starting a war.
Iran is a part of the new, multipolar world of the Post Cold War era. They are active in improving their military capabilities, and at present are making a good Dinar or two selling drones and missiles to Russia.
Due (in part) to the dysfunction at the UNSC for the past generation, plenty of countries are pushing at previous boundaries and seeing how far they can go.
While you assess things through your lens as "the illusion has come to an end" (I was never under that illusion, but I can see your point on the rhetoric/information war bit) a substantial number of nations will see Iran's latest actions through a different lens as "sticking it to the man." ... and they will applaud that move.
When Iran's nuclear capability comes on line, which I am sure will happen, they will announce it and hammer yet another nail into the NPT's coffin.