[Yeah what’s more plausible?
That Iran wants a war with THE UNITED STATES?
Or we are being sucked into another war to fight for the Sauds.]
Nobody wants war. What people want is the fruits of victory. If the Iranians can expel Uncle Sam from the region, take over the Arabian peninsula, including the oilfields where 40% of the world’s oil is produced and add 50m to the ranks of military age men for future operations, with just a few commando raids, it’s worth the gamble. This is especially the case, since the oil blockade, coupled with decades of deprivation means the mullahs may be on the verge of being overthrown and slaughtered. Besides, it’s not clear that Trump would ever invade Iran. Does someone inclined to remove the few thousand troops in-country in Afghanistan and Iraq seem like he has any stomach for an invasion of Iran, given that such an operation would involve hundreds of thousands of troops, just before a hotly contested election?