Iran–Israel war

Three things are true: Iran held back, and telegraphed this attack completely. They wanted the missiles intercepted. They wanted minimal damage and no casualties. This was theater for a domestic Iranian audience. Israel is under immense pressure from the international community to, as President Biden said "take a win" in this situation, because that's what they've been handed, and frankly the U.S., Great Britain, Jordan, and others... have helped make happen. Jordan opened their airspace to intercepting aircraft, the U.S. used very expensive interception technology to help make sure nothing got through. Sure "farming XP" is great for our troops on these systems, but we paid quite a bit to play our role in this thing. Both sides could do far worse than they've done, enough to cripple the other. But the world we live in holds nations accountable to escalating beyond certain vague thresholds. And while it is a vague line... I think the international community has telegraphed that we have arrived at that line. Both sides appear to be playing with the boundary, for now at least. More on reddit.com

You are generally correct. Iran’s attack was intentionally pantomimed, slow and widely dispersed. Had the attack been concentrated at a single area it would have been much more likely to cause damage. Iran wanted to signal it’s capacity for deterrence. You are also correct that that this was an attempt to make other actors in the region seem weak, and it was effective for that purpose, particularly against Jordan who, in spite of being home to a significant portion of displaced Palestinians, was obligated to shoot down Israel bound rockets from Iran. Israel gets to demonstrate how effective its defenses are, and to draw remind the West of the threat posed by Iran. If Israel does not want to escalate, the would probably fire at Iranian proxies and we would consider the situation over. We could definitely see this end with both countries saving face, this situation was designed by Iran to allow for this. The fear, though, is that Israel desires escalation. If western nations might cease aid to Israel during their war against Hamas, they would certainly not do it during a wider regional confrontation. Israel has won wider regional confrontations before, and there are many is the Israeli administration who believe they would win again. Some believe that wider war with Iran is inevitable, and that allowing Iran to grow stronger is foolish. The sooner the war, the more it favors Israel. This is the risk that has people concerned. But as it currently stands, you are correct. If anyone lost out it was the Iranian taxpayers who paid for the weapons, and the US and Israeli taxpayers who payed for the defenses all so that this show of force could strengthen the political positions of the administrations. For the sake of providing a counterpoint, I will argue that makes it a lose-lose rather than a win-win, but I think you are well reasoned and have a strong understanding of the situation. More on reddit.com

So am i right in saying the drones haven't hit yet, this is so weird just sitting back waiting for it all to unfold on the news More on reddit.com

and now if Israel was to attack tehran they would once more be the bad guys and the internet will be full of pictures with people crying sigh

by far the funniest thing tho are the iranians celrbrating in tehran their overhwelmingly failed operation like its the carnival or something

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