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Interesting view of former PM.
View: https://x.com/amanpour/status/1933575231051890937?t=Ov97znKwq7MftSKTu_q7dA&s=19
Going by the disclosure in the video if there are no net positive gains to be had , why exactly did Israel prosecute this campaign ?
If the idea was to somehow inveigle the Americans into it then I don't see this happening for as Ehud Barak states without direct US involvement it's not possible for Israel to defang Iran of its N weapons program on its own & with these strikes I don't see Iran returning for such talks too , at least not soon.
In fact if anything it'd spur them on to give final touches to the N weapons program & test a N device or a few. What then has Israel gained from all this
Also raises the question why exactly did Trump give the go ahead to Satanyahu then ? In this respect the Biden administration was more circumspect . If Israel didn't attack Iranian N installations then , it was coz the Biden administration retrained them from doing so & it turns out the Biden administration was right .
This then is escalation for the sake of it. All Iran has to do is weather it out & not escalate by bombing US bases or that of the Gulf Sheikhdoms & there's no excuse for the US to get involved. Eventually a stalemate arises.
Not a conspiracy theorist but earlier rumours emanating from Israel seem true that Satanyahu was essentially prolonging the conflict & opening up new fronts to save his government & himself from prosecution.