"... Hamid (a pseudonym), the Iranian, concedes that his country’s leaders are “crazy,” he warns:"... You’d do yourself a favor if you took seriously the responses of the Ayatollahs to your threats. We’re used to such threats. We’ve heard them all before. The Iranian people don’t attach any importance to them. If the Revolutionary Guards detect a real military threat they will start World War III. Israelis understand that such a war wouldn’t be worth fighting.This is a crazy regime. Tell Mr. Netanyahu not to attack.The number of opponents isn’t that large. Many support them, and to the rest it doesn’t matter whether they survive or fall.Iran needs to develop nuclear technology in order to become more industrially self-sufficient and to force western nations to take us more seriously.We’ve been hearing the same threats for 20 years. We no longer attach any importance to them...."
I’m afraid I don’t agree with Hamid that there’s little chance Israel will attack Iran. But I do agree that if Israel or anyone in the world thinks that Israeli threats will cause anyone’s heart to flutter or skip a beat in Teheran, they’re sadly mistaken. That doesn’t mean they’re not prepared to receive such a blow. They are. They know Israel and its history of attacking enemies and imagined enemies. But just as they fought a war for eight years with Iraq, so they’re willing, if they have to, to defend against an Israeli attack and take the fight to the enemy."
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