Will Cuppy, in _The Great Bustard_

``The Hog-nosed snake is a brownish little fellow about as big around as your thumb. He operates back of the beaches of Long Island and New Jersey, where there are plenty of Hoppy Toads and fresh air, and he could lead an ideal life if he had any sense. He is perfectly harmless, but he pretends to be a deadly African Puff Adder. Then he wonders why people kill him.''

If Iran's made these threats public, are they not willingly classifying themselves as an threat to the US and Israel?

Perhaps it's time to consider a pre-emptive strike of our own.