Guest AR282: this is about foreign politics. So one of the sides whose position you have to consider is a foreign one. Ignoring that would be much more sticking one`s head in places where it doesn`t belong.

McGoH: Admittedly I am not an expert in Middle east history, so I cant tell you what the reasons of Iran for not starting a war have been in the past. Maybe they simply didn`t have the means to (this is changing now), maybe they have been too busy fighting among themselves, maybe they had peaceful rulers in the past. Even if the last one had been the case - the current government does not appear to be that way. So I don`t think you have a strong argument here.

And it is not only Iran vs. USA/UK. Its Iran vs. UN/IAEA.