Remember when Israeli/U.S. policy shaper, Michael "Yellowcake" Ledeen, said: "Every ten years or so, the United States needs to pick up some small crappy little country and throw it against the wall, just to show the world we mean business"?

When you hear ANY "senior official who spoke on conditions of anonymity" comment on Iran? It's Mickey Ledeen.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?201219-2/the-iranian-time-bomb