America doesn't want to pay the price of handling Iran. There's a difference. Clearly the US could conquer Iran but it requires a land war with mass casualties, not just sporadic bombing.
Obviously China is in an entirely different league.
> America doesn't want to pay the price of handling Iran.
And Iran has wisely not provoked the US public by launching terrorist attacks against the “homeland”.
"I can afford ferrari. I just don't want to pay the price."
> Clearly the US could conquer Iran
Vietnam (and Ukraine) would like a word