Yeah, I’m not very confident on that point. Maybe it’s also a matter of organization and communicating expectations clearly to the Iranian people? If we contrast to somewhere like the US, the US starts all these wars, but doesn’t really have to deal with attacks on its soil and appears to have most of its operations these days run on a clandestine level. So it’s like it operates almost independently of the rest of the nation. Whereas a place like Iran, it is being attacked on its soil and it is doubtful it has the same level of clandestine operation, or interest in such. By communicating clearly, it is perhaps both an external message and an internal message: “We are not going to drag you [the people of Iran] into a conflict with muddy lines for confusing purposes.” After all, there are “regime change” efforts from the west in countries like that, so making sure the people are trusting the institutions of power is important.

What do you think of this angle to it?

P.S. I should really look into reading that as well. I keep seeing people here talk about it as a resource.