re: #169 Dangerman

There’s some pretty skilled statecraft going on right now, and it’s getting very little attention from most media outlets.

And then, just as importantly, Israeli Cabinet minister Benny Gantz announced yesterday that there would be no “imminent” response to Iran’s attack. This has Biden’s fingerprints all over it; …

In short, it appears that the Biden administration’s diplomacy has managed to de-escalate a situation that could easily have spun out of control..

To be fair, Israel has no need to retaliate against Iran. They proved their point, which is, “You can throw all the hardware at us that you want, you still can’t touch us.” Retaliating against Iran for that attack would be painting themselves as aggressors - which, to be fair, Bibi definitely is.