War against Iran is only one drop of blood away

The air in Teheran seems to be charged with euphoria. Despite recent reports in Russian and foreign media predicting U.S. air strikes against Iran on April 6, the attack did not happen. Therefore, the Iranians were quick to arrive at the conclusion: “The Americans had to chicken out.” The public sentiment is built around the premise that Iran has already won the war. Newspapers are idly speculating on what might happen when the “Islamic warriors” crush the dominance of “Big Satan,” – a disparaging tag attached by official Iranian propaganda to the United States.

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The Iranian nuclear research center is located in the city of Esfahan. A year ago the residents of the “problem city” were busy packing their belongings. They were bound for the provinces. These days nobody is leaving the town. The people do not even bother to pack their clothes. “We’re pretty used to being at war. We waged war against Iraq for the eight long years. The whole thing will last a week or two weeks at the most. Then Americans will throw in the towel,” said Farida, an Esfahan resident.

“If they only dare drop the bombs”

“What on earth can the U.S. do to Iran?” an Iranian ministry official asked me rather rhetorically during one of the meetings in Teheran. “The Americans provided the Israelis with tons of money last year. Yet Israel’s best soldiers couldn’t defeat the Hezbollah guerillas, and those guys from Hezbollah were trained by us. We produce lots of crude. U.S. retail prices of the cheapest gasoline will shoot up to $3 per liter within a week should a war break out. The next month will see the gas prices rising to $10. In other words, the U.S. economy will be tumbling down in no time,” the official said.

Iran is still getting a lot of pleasure from the recent humiliation of Britain following the capture of 15 British sailors who “crossed Iran’s sea border.” The Britons were forced to condemn the “aggressive policies of the British government” and extend their “profound gratitude” to the Iranian regime for hospitality in their confessions aired by state-controlled Iranian TV. The British sailors were released after a two weeks’ captivity.

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