Think of this piece as a flight data recorder pulled from the wreckage: black-box evidence of why hitting “decapitate” on an adversary’s leadership settings rarely ends the story...
Honestly one of the most devastating breakdowns of this whole situation I’ve read so far. Huge credit to Shazia M. for writing it and Wajahat S. Khan for the sharp edit.
This wasn’t a surgical strike, it was a full-blown politicide. Israel didn’t just bomb Iran’s military infrastructure, it took out their command structure, assassinated scientists under IAEA oversight, and obliterated the last threads of the NPT framework. Meanwhile, Netanyahu gets to dodge war crimes charges by setting half the region on fire and riding a poll bump.
Shazia lays it out clearly: Israel bombed the safeguards, not the bomb. And that sends a message to the rest of the world that treaties are for suckers. Meanwhile, the U.S. is playing the “we knew but didn’t help” card, which fools no one, and basically hands Beijing and Moscow all the soft power dividends.
Also, the economic angle? Brutal. Iran spends $30k to make Israel burn $3 million per intercept and that’s if Iron Dome even hits. It’s asymmetrical warfare 101, and Israel looks way less invincible than its PR machine claims.
This is must-read stuff. And honestly, if this doesn’t wake people up to how fast we’re sleepwalking into a regional (or even global) escalation, I don’t know what will.
If 🇵🇰 wants to help, it should offer 🇮🇷 a nuclear deterrence/ umbrella (second strike only) from attacks from non OIC countries. I’m assuming they have a delivery capability to hit Palestine. The caveats should keep the 🇸🇦 quiet.
Point 3 should be required reading for the neocon analysts chortling that Irans program has been set back by years/ decades.
Excellent article. Great points raised. It seems Israel may be on a fast track to becoming a rogue state if it isn’t one already.
Honestly one of the most devastating breakdowns of this whole situation I’ve read so far. Huge credit to Shazia M. for writing it and Wajahat S. Khan for the sharp edit.
This wasn’t a surgical strike, it was a full-blown politicide. Israel didn’t just bomb Iran’s military infrastructure, it took out their command structure, assassinated scientists under IAEA oversight, and obliterated the last threads of the NPT framework. Meanwhile, Netanyahu gets to dodge war crimes charges by setting half the region on fire and riding a poll bump.
Shazia lays it out clearly: Israel bombed the safeguards, not the bomb. And that sends a message to the rest of the world that treaties are for suckers. Meanwhile, the U.S. is playing the “we knew but didn’t help” card, which fools no one, and basically hands Beijing and Moscow all the soft power dividends.
Also, the economic angle? Brutal. Iran spends $30k to make Israel burn $3 million per intercept and that’s if Iron Dome even hits. It’s asymmetrical warfare 101, and Israel looks way less invincible than its PR machine claims.
This is must-read stuff. And honestly, if this doesn’t wake people up to how fast we’re sleepwalking into a regional (or even global) escalation, I don’t know what will.
If 🇵🇰 wants to help, it should offer 🇮🇷 a nuclear deterrence/ umbrella (second strike only) from attacks from non OIC countries. I’m assuming they have a delivery capability to hit Palestine. The caveats should keep the 🇸🇦 quiet.
Pakistani leadership can’t even wipe their behind without getting permission from Uncle Sam first.
this is true