I know you were just in Israel, and your perspective will be influenced by that, but in my view it is inaccurate (or incomplete) to say Israel doesn't want war. For the average Israeli, that may well be true. It's probably also true for the average Iranian. However, the leadership of both countries very clearly want war.
Iran is Iran - nothing has really changed for decades. Israeli leadership, however - and in particular Netanyahu - has developed a process whereby they like being in a constant state of turmoil and military action. It helpfully deflects away from any domestic governance challenges they may be facing. That's a tried and true approach, and is being perfected by Netanyahu (and n…
I know you were just in Israel, and your perspective will be influenced by that, but in my view it is inaccurate (or incomplete) to say Israel doesn't want war. For the average Israeli, that may well be true. It's probably also true for the average Iranian. However, the leadership of both countries very clearly want war.
Iran is Iran - nothing has really changed for decades. Israeli leadership, however - and in particular Netanyahu - has developed a process whereby they like being in a constant state of turmoil and military action. It helpfully deflects away from any domestic governance challenges they may be facing. That's a tried and true approach, and is being perfected by Netanyahu (and n…