WhatsappThe Israeli government has supposedly already approved a response to Iran’s direct attack on the Jewish State. However, it is not clear to what extant Israel will retaliate.
President Biden, has been calling on Israel to restrain itself after being attacked by Iran and not attack back out of fear it will spiral out of control and bring the region into a war. Despite the pressure, Israel appears to be readying itself to retaliate in one form or another.
The USA does not want a regional war and seemingly “coordinated” the attack with Iran and regional players to allow Iran a face saving measure that would not escalate tensions and break out into a larger conflict. America’s only part of the bargain was not only to help Israel take out the missiles and UAVs, but to restrain Israel from retaliating. The only problem is, Iran not only sent cruise missiles and UAVs, but they sent ballistic missiles. These are game changers. Any one of them has the power to take out one city block and although none of them hit built up areas they could have.
The deal with Iran only works if the USA can restrain Israel. With the use of ballistic missiles by Iran - the Biden administration has lost its leverage on Israel. Retaliation is coming, the only question is will Israel do enough to create deterrence without triggering a wider war?
That may be an impossible task.
