[Gods_Mercenary]

Please, first of all, all superpower's dealings with underlings have an implied threat, name a significant military power and I can give you a list of brash, secure feeling small nations who served as wonderful playgrounds for armored brigades, fighter jets, and, most common of all, spec. ops and their hangers on guerillas that don't technically exist. Simply standing in a military superpowers way is to be threatened, and I'sure Gramps will come back with a few speaches implicitly threatening Iran