no matter what one thinks of Iran... and I personally wish the government would disappear in a puff of smoke, but it was NOT "Israel’s restraint" that caused this, but rather the missile strikes by Israel against the Hamas and Hezbollah leaders in recent weeks plus the killing of a few dozen Hezbollah commanders by planted pager bombs that created this tit for tat.
Israel does not seem to be able to "take the win" when it comes to this exchange of missile strikes.
It all seems timed to inject a poison into our politics... with one pundit on MSNBC calling it "Biden's war" as if Biden had his finger on the Iranian military launch button. This is the thanks from the Likkud wing of the Israel political spectrum Joe gets for a) staunchly supporting Israel with weapons and b) trying to get to a ceasefire and hostage return. Support which thousands of Palestinian refugee supporters here are now using to punish Harris by either sitting out OR voting for Trump in a few battleground states where a few thousand votes could cost Harris the Presidency.
what would the WSJ or the pro Palestinians want the USA to do instead? Launch a real military invasion of Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran lead by the US and Israel... or alternatively cutting off all aid TO Israel and then invading Israel?
Either way, for Israel to ratchet up the "eye for an eye" warfare for a missile attack that killed one poor Palestinian man and injured a few others is not warranted nor prudent. Just as Iran needs to stop their nuclear program and arming proxies in the region because of their religious intolerance of any person on earth who doesn't believe in exactly their form of religion. But I have no answer to make either side stop.
In a few months Iran will have enough 90 percent enriched uranium ( or possibly a few weeks ) that 1 missile flying over Tel Aviv, whether it is struck by an missile defense system or not, will cause untold death and destruction to Israel. And that will very likely lead to WW3... a nuclear WW3. Will the WSJ call that "Trump's war" since he tore up the deal we had with Iran to slow down or stop the pursuit of nuclear weapons?
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