Paper tiger

The goal of violent rivals is to dominate the threat display and thereby to win the contest without risking death. The Bushist neocons, led by Darth Cheney, missed that lesson due to cultural hostility to modern biology.

So, they invaded Iraq because they wanted to, and now faced with a real threat of proliferation from Iran, all they have to choose between is nuclear bombardment and faux tough talk that the Iraq fiasco shows is idle.

The mullahs in Tehran are another reason you keep your powder try and stay out of wars of choice.