I was wrong.
I believed the Iranians would not attack Israel directly as they had been threatening, because such an attack would green-light an Israeli response on the Iranian homeland that would be devastating for the Islamic regime.
I reasoned that the extraordinary coordination among U.S. and Israeli officials late last week signaled a potential joint U.S.-Israeli counterstrike should Iran’s leaders be so reckless as to attack Israel.
The commander of U.S. Central Command General, Eric Kurilla, visited Israel on Thursday, just as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was putting in a public appearance at Tel Nor Air Force base to give a pep talk to Israel F-15 pilots. Also last week, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin held two videonconferences with his Israeli counterpart, Yoav Gallant, and the Pentagon moved the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and its carrier task force closer to Israel from its current duty station further down the Red Sea to better defend the Jewish state.
Despite Iran’s ongoing threats that it would “punish” Israel for its alleged role in bombing the Iranian consulate in Damascus on April 1, where Quds Force war-planning meetings were underway, I believed that even attacks by Iranian proxies in Iraq against Israel would be seen by Israel as a direct Iranian attack. Therefore I was confident that any direct Iranian attack on Israel would greenlight Israel to strike Iran.
I said that publicly last week. A few days later, Israeli minister without portfolio, Benny Ganz, said it on Israeli TV. (In case you missed it, Benny Ganz is the “moderate” Israeli politician Biden & Co. are trying to maneuver into position to replace Bibi.)
Both of us were wrong.
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Author: Ruth King
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