Best Article on Iran Election Process I've seen

[Lissa]

That would be dumb.

Yet, Israel does these kinds of things all the time and we consider them dumb. Most of the time, Israel would rather use sledgehammer than a scalpel to deal with their problems. Take for instance the two Israeli guards that were captured and killed in Lebannon a couple years back, instead of sending in special forces to deal with the situation, they launch a cross border incursion that only helped the people there were trying to remove. If Israel thinks that they are threatened, they'll do whatever they deem necessary, even if it makes things worse for them in the long run.