"Harm and Pain"

Pardon me, If I cant stop laughing. This from The Scotsman:

«Iran has threatened the United States with "harm and pain" for its role in possibly hauling Tehran before the UN Security Council over its nuclear programme.

America in return warned that Tehran had enough nuclear material to make up to 10 atomic bombs, adding it was "time for the Security Council to act".»

See the link? In a complete dissociation between what they think is a thought crime on the part of the US, and taking the matter to a talking shop, words are met with physical threat. If rhetoric really did matter as much as journalist always seem to think, this could only point to one outcome.
For your viewing pleasure, please to observe the test below. Its existence can make Irans threat as hollow as the bunker which that MOAB is trained on:




Have a nice day.

Deterrence is still a useful mechanism, but requires an occasional description of where one actually stands on a certain matter. This is something the EU3 have failed to do with Iran on ANY level.