How will Iran retaliate to Soleimani killing?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

From mobilizing its allies in the Middle East to blocking shipping in a strategic waterway or even launching a cyber attack far beyond its borders, Iran has no shortage of options to avenge the killing of top commander Qasem Soleimani by its arch foe the United States.

Tehran's clerical leadership promised "severe vengeance... in the right place and time," but is nonetheless expected to carefully weigh the dangers of retaliation to a regime that has been in place since the ousting of the pro-American shah in 1979.

"We can't know whether the Iranians will decide that a drastic escalation and retaliation is the best tactic, or whether they go for a measured, perhaps even non-violent response," Heiko Wimmen, project director of the International Crisis Group (ICG) for Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, told AFP.

Iran learned the merits of asymmetric warfare -- fighting a power with greater military might than your own -- in the deadly 1980-1988 war against Iraq. Its strong influence in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and beyond means it has several levers against the US presence in the region.

Suzanne Maloney of the Brookings Institution noted that in the past Tehran "has absorbed major blows... without immediately yielding to temptation to strike back in some kind of reckless fashion," and revenge may not come right away.

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[roamer65]

1. They may not respond.

If they don’t respond, the damage to US prestige will be immense and they will win the geopolitical war.

[TruckFump]

2. I believe they are going to hit L.A.

I have worried about this for years after 911.

IMO, people are going to be concerned about NYC, but I am worried about downtown L.A.

[TheRealNorth]

4. Saudi Arabia will have its dirty hands in a false flag terrorist attack within the U.S.

That is my prediction.

They want to give Trump his 9-11 before the election.