(October 24, 2023 at 3:53 am)FrustratedFool Wrote: Why would Israel want Iran to attack? That seems a little counter-intuitive.
As for Palestinians being relocated to Egypt, what is the downside from that?
Israeli would like to strike at key facilities serving Iran’s nuclear weapon program. To Israeli and particularly the Nutenyahu government the chance to able to do so without incurring the diplomatic and PR fallout of a largely unprovoked attack is a god send. Conducting such a move would also have the advantage of putting pressure on Saudi Arabia to slow its own quest to acquire nuclear weapons as part of Saudi-Israeli rapprochement.
From a grand strategic view, Israel’s long investment in its armed forces and its long support by the U.S. has left Israel with defensive organization and array of armament that is much cherished but significantly mismatched with the need of securing it environments and providing adequate deterrence. A high intensity long range air war to destroy Iran’s nuclear facility along with key parts of its air defence and ground forces capabilities however will serve to justify continued investment in the existing organizational and force stricture.
