Israel launched a major attack on Iran, drawing their long-running shadow war into the open conflict in a way that could spiral into a wider, more dangerous regional war.

The strikes early Friday set off explosions in the capital of Tehran as Israel said it was targeting Iranian nuclear and military facilities. Iranian state media reported that the leader of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard and two top nuclear scientists had been killed.

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      Netanyahu is insisting that Iran is only months away from having nukes. Experts disagree. My personal opinion is this is another ploy of his to stay in power, since the “war” in Gaza has been winding down.

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        Iran

        having nukes

        Experts disagree

        Man, where have I heard this one before?

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            I misremembered it as being about Iran back then too, but yeah. It’s the War on Terror excuse all over again.

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      The other person explained the excuse. The real reason is: Netanyahu’s government was in danger of dissolution in the Knesset and before the attack only survived with two votes, so netanyahu’s auto-coup required another push.