Key Points
With hindsight, Iran made a major strategic blunder back in April, when it fired some 300 missiles and drones at Israel, only to see virtually all of them shot down or fail..
Irans leaders had in April hoped to restore lost deterrence, after Israel struck the Iranian consulate in Damascus..
The Israeli retaliation that followed a single precision strike that destroyed air defense assets near an Iranian nuclear site left no doubt as to Israels capabilities or intent...
Early reports suggest that while many missiles were again shot down, more broke through Israels air defenses this time, which is as you would expect; there were no days of elaborate signaling beforehand, allowing Israel and its allies to prepare..
Netanyahu has laid out his rationale for seizing this kind of opportunity. In a speech to the United Nations General Assembly last week, he said Israel should be supported as it tries to reshape the Middle East in positive ways, and that the road runs through the defeat of Irans clerics and their axis of proxies...
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