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Joe Biden’s administration gave Iran the go-ahead to strike at Israel.
Here’s the $64,000 question: was it wise for Biden to do so, or was it a betrayal of Israel?
By Saturday evening, I had begun to suspect that the Iranian attack on Israel wasn’t just coordinated with Hezbollah, which launched its rocket attacks on the Jewish state, but also with Iraq, Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, and…the United States. Probably, the other Gulf states were also given a heads-up before Iran officially announced their retaliatory strike against Israel.
Now, I am not the sharpest tool in the shed, but there were lots of indications that this was not an Iranian attack designed to blindside Israel and start a full-scale conflict, but rather a face-saving move to demonstrate that Iran will not sit idly by as Israel kills off its senior military officials on what amounts to Iranian territory.
Striking a consulate is, technically, attacking the sovereign territory of a nation.
Iran informed Turkey in advance of its planned operation against Israel, a Turkish diplomatic source told Reuters on Sunday, adding that the US conveyed to Iran via Ankara that its operation must be « within certain limits. »https://t.co/iG8Qr8WIYk— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) April 14, 2024
As you recall, Israel bombed the Iranian consulate in Damascus on April 1st, killing Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a top commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), and six others. Iran was not going to let this go without retaliation, and everybody knew that, including Israel.
As I followed the very slow-moving news Saturday evening, I realized that Iran was essentially putting a searchlight on its drones and cruise missiles and that it would be no surprise at all that they would all be shot down. Further, Iran quickly called the strike a conclusion to the dispute and said they had no interest in further hostilities.
