Agreed, Iran doesn’t have a choice- much like Russia, also. And sooner or later (by the US’ own talking heads’ words, likely sooner) they will force the war they want with China also.
The rest of the world doesn’t have a choice, arguably (accurately IMO) they never did, but now it is more evident than ever before. I can only hope they meet every escalation from here on out with equal and greater force, and end the threat of the imperialists decisively when and if the time comes no matter what is required- even as someone living in the cores, IMO it has to happen or humanity is doomed, likely to extinction but also to many things far worse than it, such that when it comes it may well be a mercy.
Agreed, when and if the empire falls- particularly depending on the circumstances- I would argue that the entire world, and whatever regimes come next for the west, should see to it that all the various mini-Goebbels (and not-so-mini-Goebbels) are hunted down, rounded up, and tried and hung at Nuremburg. They have the deaths of tens of thousands, sometimes even many millions, on their hands- there can be no forgiveness, and certainly they cannot be left alone, they must answer to their crimes.