The Iranian regime’s analysis might prove a dangerous miscalculation, because it is likely to lead sooner rather than later to a “hot” confrontation that Iran simply cannot win. After all, the issue at the heart of this conflict is this: who dominates the Middle East – Iran or the United States?
伊朗政权的上述分析是一个危险的误算，因为这很可能加快而不是推迟一场“热”武装对抗的爆发，而伊朗根本无法打赢这场战争。毕竟，这场冲突的核心问题在于：谁主导中东？是伊朗还是美国？伊朗领导人低估了这个问题的爆炸性性质，并且对于如何应对美国这个全球力量以及自己国家的未来准备不足。