“Iran knows this and will calibrate their attack according to how much they want to get hit in return by Israel.”
perhaps they’ll launch another 500 drones with the hope that one or two might manage to cross an Israeli border? ... “Yeah, Jooz, that’ll learn you that we mean bizness!”
I wonder if Elizabeth Warren is crafting the story of how Jerome Powell is the reason why Iran attacked Israel.
Even if Muslims today, modern Iranians are descended from ancient Persia, which off and on has dominated the Mideast periodically as an imperial power. A Persian king even liberated the Jews from Babylonian captivity and permitted them to return to their homeland more than twenty-six centuries ago.
Until the overthrow of the Shah during the Carter administration, Iran had a small but prosperous and privileged Jewish community that dated from ancient times. Due to Jewish immigration to Israel, modern Israel and Iran are the most intimate of enemies, as are Russia and Israel for similar reasons.
As befits an imperial minded power, Iran, like Russia, regards chess as its national game. Persia even introduced chess to the world. The term "checkmate" is derived from the Persian term "Shah Mat!" -- the king is dead. As befits a highly educated and ambitious people, Israelis are also passionate about chess.
Chess rewards patience and the accumulation of small advantages through intelligent sacrifices, exchanges, and the development of strategic position. What may have looked like a failed drone and missile attack by Iran was only an initial probe that tested adversary defenses and depleted defensive missile supplies.
Iran, Israel, and Russia are vastly different, but they are playing the game of nations with the sophistication of grand masters in chess. We shall see if their current round ends in a close-run draw as most elite level chess games do -- or in a world shattering checkmate.