@cstross edited bc I feel like Hegseths bring back Jesus religious beliefs that require Amageddon to happen in the ME are a good chunk of why this is happening at all. A different less religiously belligerent secdef and we wouldn't be doing this

@cstross a terrible strategy if you want de-escalation. But if you want escalation- or even just keep the war moving along - it's a strategy that will work for that

I'm fairly certain that Israel wants all out war with Iran at this point, not a return to the status quo ante. Netanyahu has been wanting an all out war against Iran and its proxies for decades and finally has a US pres and SecDef that were dumb enough he could convince them to go along edt: and a secdef believer in the Rapture