Even if they wanted to, how would they accomplish that?

Perhaps because if they did that, there’s a very high chance trump would nuke them. He’s been itching for a reason to use nukes since his first term, and that would give him the excuse he wants.

e: I think the fact I got 2 opposing comments (he’d do it without justification and he’d be stopped by the CoC even with justification) might be telling here. He’s a monkey with a machine gun, and who knows if justification would work on others in the chain of command? Perhaps they’d rather not risk that.

You are getting downvoted but i agree with you its obvious they dont really try to hurt the US.

Even the missiles they did fire, ALL of them were intercepted by US missile defence and not a single person was hurt.

Its just to show that they hit back a little symbolically.

This seems performative. Only a handful of missiles and apparently Iranian state TV is reporting successful strikes, but I can't find anything reputable that confirms that. Sounds like all missiles were intercepted. Iran gets to show their people that they've responded without risking a true escalation.

The ONLY good point to this would be that it would draw the US public into action. A base in the Middle East got hit? People shrug it off, it's nothing new and doesn't affect them. A naval or army base on the East Coast gets a missile hit? At least if there was disagreement on what to do, we'd be arguing about it. Assuming that Iran can even get that far...

And to be clear, it's only a good point in that it would wake people up that shit isn't right, and maybe they'd feel threatened enough for their own welfare to do something.

Fear. And a lot more difficult to successfully hit.

There will be a "terrorist" attack in the near future. The something with guns during a crowded event. My money is on a 4th of July event shooting. Sadly that's the only way Iran and other poor nations have to fight back. Until Iran and poor nations get nukes they will be taken advantage of. I'm pro Iran nukes simple because them not having them is obviously not working for anyone

It's pretty straightforward, they have to do something, but they really don't want a war with the US despite any public comments. An attack that can be directly traced to Iran that even targeted the mainland would be a great way to ensure the US escalates.

Have you tried using logic to answer your question?

There hasn't been a war on U.S. mainland in 150 years. If a misil hits it it could trigger easily WWIII. Last attack on U.S. was 9/11 and that started multiple wars.