U. S. President Donald Trump may have a tougher time bringing Iran to the table with the kind of brazen military threats he levelled against North Korea.
U. S. President Donald Trump threatened North Korea with “fire and fury” last August, in a bellicose threat aimed at dictator Kim Jong Un, whom the president derided as “Little Rocket Man.”
Ten months later, Trump and Kim were all smiles as they met for a historic face-to-face summit in Singapore, after which the president claimed to have a “special bond” with North Korea’s dictator.
If Trump is expecting the same kind of military threats to bring a similar turnaround with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, there’s a good chance he’ll be disappointed.
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Trump blasted Rouhani in an all-caps rant on Twitter late Sunday night, after Rouhani publicly addressed looming U. S. oil sanctions.
“America must understand that peace with Iran is the mother of all peace, and war with Iran is the mother of all wars,” Rouhani said Sunday.
“NEVER EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE,” Trump tweeted later that night, in a tweet addressed to Rouhani.
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But while both sides sound like they’re spoiling for a fight, experts say neither has an appetite for military conflict. Iran doesn’t have nuclear weapons to use for its defence, while Washington is likely to shy away from any undertaking that resembles the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
In other words, neither the U. S. nor Iran wants to call the other’s bluff on the battlefield.
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Prominent Iranian analyst Seed Leilaz downplayed the war of words on Monday, saying he thinks it was “the storm before the calm.
