You say that but Iran couldn’t even escalate their rhetoric post-strike because “Every American is now a legitimate target” is now a tired refrain rather than a feared declaration.

The lesson here is not to make idle threats against half of the world that you don’t honestly mean.

Iran can’t project power. Other than employing their terrorist proxies - they are in a no win situation.

Russia and China can’t project power either. Only few countries can and the US is the best at it.