‘Measured.’ But For How Long?
"Measured." "Targeted." "Calibrated."
Those were some of the adjectives bandied about Saturday to describe Israeli airstrikes on Iranian air defenses and missile production facilities. They're apt. The adjectives, I mean.
Israel and Iran are engaged in a kind of stage-managed dress rehearsal for a war both sides know Tehran can't really fight, let alone win. If there's a strategic path to victory for the IRGC in an all-out war scenario with the IDF, I'm not aware of it.
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