'A direct, protracted war with Israel is not something Iran is equipped to fight'
Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
'What was Iran thinking? Maybe not what you think.'
Jason Rezaian in The Washington Post
Iran's "dramatic weekend air assault on Israel" was a "spectacular failure," says Jason Rezaian. The limited damage clarified that "Iran doesn't have the means to mount a significant conventional response to Israeli might. And Tehran is painfully aware of this." But that doesn't mean the Islamic Republic poses no threat. It's just likely to respond to any Israeli retaliation with "asymmetrical tactics" like abductions and assassinations, which are "unpredictable and cheap compared with military operations."
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'Unlike COVID, we know debt crisis is coming. How will we explain why we didn’t act?'
Tom Giovanetti in The Miami Herald
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