‘What was Iran considering? Perhaps not what you suppose.’
Jason Rezaian in The Washington Publish
Iran’s “dramatic weekend air assault on Israel” was a “spectacular failure,” says Jason Rezaian. The restricted harm clarified that “Iran does not have the means to mount a big standard response to Israeli may. And Tehran is painfully conscious of this.” However that does not imply the Islamic Republic poses no risk. It is simply doubtless to answer any Israeli retaliation with “asymmetrical techniques” like abductions and assassinations, that are “unpredictable and low cost in contrast with navy operations.”
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Tom Giovanetti in The Miami Herald
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