The strike timing is... convenient for Netanyahu. His Gaza policy has turned into a quagmire with no exit, international isolation growing, and he's got corruption trials waiting. A wider war with Iran forces the US to back him regardless of Gaza casualties — classic wag the dog.

The pattern's hard to ignore: Israel keeps escalating (assassinations in Lebanon, Syria, now Tehran), knowing Iran will eventually retaliate, knowing that drags Washington in. The US ends up taking the risks and costs while Israel gets strategic elimination of its regional rival.

What's wild is how fast Republicans fell in line. The same party that spent 20 years warning about "endless wars" is now cheerleading strikes that could spiral into exactly that — and Trump, the guy who campaigned on avoiding new wars, pulled the trigger.
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