Throughout history, paranoia and megalomania led some politicians to foolishness, insane actions and disastrous decisions. The mullahs of Iran recently defied the world by continuing to develop a ballistic missile program with full capacity, according to the Iranian official statement.
In recent decades, the Iranian regime has long mastered the game of role-playing in foreign policy. At times, politicians tend to manoeuvre in the seemingly soft political rhetoric while the leaders of the IRGC are firing bombs. Lately, both politicians and militias have deliberately escalated tensions and disagreements with the US. The Revolutionary Guards deliberately provoked the US navy in the Gulf, where repeated incidents have occurred over the past few days.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has issued a fierce statement in response to US Congress sanctions on its country’s missile program. It is out of the ordinary that the Iranian Foreign Ministry interprets its country’s position on the missile program as an internal Iranian policy that others have no right to intervene in or comment on. An offensive missile program should not be on the agenda of the internal policy of a State. It should be a health program, educational policies, or developmental infrastructure projects so that you can ask other countries not to worry. Here we are talking short- and long-range missiles that are being developed and placed on the borders of countries in a state of attack against other countries.
Pretending cross-border missiles are an internal affair ridiculously overlooks the reason behind making international laws and agreements on arms, especially concerning the nuclear weapons.
Armament is an internal matter as long as it does not affect the national security of other countries and is aimed at protecting the national gains and sovereignty of peaceful countries.
Iran is a rogue, hostile country that poses nuclear and warhead threat to world security.
Iran provokes the world today the same way as North Korea. Kim Jong-Un is investing national wealth in financing missile tests while Tehran follows his steps with admiration even if it might lead to years of isolation.
Reproducing the North Korean model will inevitably bring the mullahs more problems with the US. Strategic analyses suggests the US administration is tough but cautious in dealing with North Korea, unlike with Iran that risks a lot from provoking Washington.
The mullahs do not realize that following the North Korea line of actions can cost them dearly and may prompt the United States to reconsider its use of military force against Iran, which means a sure loss for Tehran.
The Trump administration will not accept two permanent challenges to its power. Trump has promised the Americans to restore the prestige and influence of their country.
A lesson the US learned with Pyongyang is to address the sources of the missile threat from the beginning before they become a real strategic threat to national security and strategic interests. This can lead to toughness with Iran even if it lead to a military confrontation. Their continued development of the missile program is not a zero-sum strategic game against the US, but pur
