[HDThoreaun]

Basically someone has to blink. My estimation is that the Israeli government has a lot more latitude since the Iranian governemnt is sort of fueled by this hatred of Israel and the US so they really cant be seen to back down. Luckily this attack wasnt really that bad and to me signifies that Iran doesnt want to escalate so I think likely Israel blinks now with the excuse of focusing on Gaza.

[tguvot]

attack was really that bad, it's just israeli air defenses were better

[HDThoreaun]

Iran knew that though, which was the point, and does make the attack not that bad. Maybe Im just being hopeful though but it really does seem like Iran did what they could to escalate as little as they realistically could and Israelis will respect that.

[tguvot]

it's like if you wearing a bullet proof vest, i shot you. fail to kill. and my defense for attempted murder "he knew it was going to happen and had vest on. it's not that bad after all"

[HDThoreaun]

More like "if I didnt try to kill you I would be killed myself, so I shot you in a place I knew it wouldnt kill you". Iran's government has positioned itself so that it needs to respond to avoid unrest. They could not have done nothing, and this wasnt much in the scheme of things.

[michaelmrose]

This would have justified a symbolic attack whilest exporting less weapons and terror which Israel may have correctly interpreted as a victory.

Now we have a very substantial provocation by a party working on nuclear weapons. After they can threaten Armageddon they can export nearly unlimited harm short of existential.

We'll be hearing a justification for a preemptive strike on their ability to make war shortly and in 90 days half their leadership will be dead.

[tguvot]

israeli news report now that israel intercepted ~100 ballistic missiles. this is in addition to cruise missiles and uav. this is "not that bad" ?

[HDThoreaun]

I mean yea, launching a bunch of missiles that you know will never land isnt that bad.

[runarberg]

I’m curious if you think this is bad, what do you think of the number of missiles that are sent to and hit targets in Gaza?

To my eyes, compared to what Israel is actively doing against Palestinians, this really doesn’t seem that bad. In fact I would even go so far as to say it is expected. Countries engaging in genocide rarely do so in peace.

[mhb]

And also you get charged hundreds of millions of dollars for using the vest.