Why did Israel strike Iran? Because Israel could. Period. No further arguments needed. After a decapitating blow, you can convene as many UN sessions as you like, pass the fiercest resolutions—but that won’t change the reality on the ground. Israel, without the slightest sentimentality, exercised the “right of the strong.” That said, Iran walked into this itself. It answered previous strikes with angry statements and theatrical missile launches at empty chunks of land in Israel. After a few of those “responses,” Israel understood one thing very clearly: it can do whatever it wants with Iran. Real politics is played by serious gentlemen, and if your rhetoric doesn’t match your actual […]
13 June 2025, 23:03