[trainedobserver]

I do not think that Iran will ever do anything overtly to provoke Israel or the USA. They will simply talk hoping to be attacked first so as to have the moral high ground and to appear to be the victim. They are well aware that any nuclear or similar attack on their part would result in the destruction not only of their established government but their status as a sovereign nation as well. Should anything actually break out, they certainly must know they will be utterly destroyed in a matter of hours if not minutes. Unless of course they are so deluded by their belief system as to think their invisible friend will swat the incoming multiple warheads away with his almighty flyswatter or something.