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I believe I ought to have made myself a little clearer, gm.
Of course, Netanyahu wants to destroy Iran, as does he wants to destroy all Arab states. What i meant to say is that the success of an attack on Iran is by no means a slam dunk
Based on recent analyses, including those from June 2025 and early 2026, John Mearsheimer has argued that Israel—rather than Iran—sought a stop to the conflict (or "backed off" or initiated a "ceasefire") in recent exchanges, largely because Iran’s missile capabilities demonstrated an ability to overwhelm Israeli defenses and create a detrimental, prolonged war of attrition.
https://newspaper.irandaily.ir/8010/2/20668
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"The last time Trump wanted to bomb Iran, Israel said don't do it."
I don't get this, unless you're making a clear distinction between Israel & Netanyahu. Maybe there were those in Israel advising against it, but Netanyahu was urging the attack on Iran. In fact, Netanyahu has been urging an attack on Iran from his days as a diplomat in the US, pretty much as he was advocating for the invasion of Iraq, claiming Hussein had WMDs etc etc.
One of the fallouts between Netanyahu & President Obama was because Barack refused to go along with Netanyahu's obsession with Iran.
Don't forget during Netanyahu's visit to the White House a couple days ago, he urged Trump to attack Iran EVEN as Trump was reluctant to do so, and continues to be reluctant to attack Iran - his MAGA base is against it!
(nb: there are videos of Netanyahu urging Iran to be attacked to destroy their nuclear weapons capability)
And yes, some of Iran's weapons broke through Israel's Iron dome and inflicted more damage than expected. At the time Israel underplayed the damage but they did break through.
As for now, I suspect Iran is all talk with little muscle. That's my gut feeling!
