As RedState reported, Iran launched a large-scale air attack on Israel using drones and ballistic missiles. It represented the biggest escalation from the Islamic Republic against the Jewish state in history, which has long used proxy militias in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen to do its dirty work. This is different, and the response from Israel and possibly the United States will be different, with reports circulating that Israel will retaliate against Iran regardless of whether lives are lost in the current attack.
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How will all of this unfold? Those with a heavy isolationist bent are already predicting doom and shouting “World War III” at the top of their lungs. Yet, there’s every reason to believe that Iran has severely overplayed its hand.
Let’s game this out, taking some of the most hysterical…