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Half of the "Gulf states" have made peace with "Israel" and might as well be called allies. Who do you think would join? Syria? Iraq? What exactly can they be expected to do? I doubt countries like Malaysia or Indonesia can be bothered to care about taking part in a conflict halfway across the world.
Such a war will be air force vs. missile force. Iran cannot realistically invade "Israel" and vice versa. To fly aircraft all the way to Iran requires heavily fuel and weapon ladden aircraft - unmaneuverable aircraft can be shot down easily and aren't easily replaced but can "Israel" be trusted not to use nukes? Are they truly a rational actor? What is Iran doing to equalize the playing field? The time to develop nuclear weapons was 30 years ago. Sanctions are here to stay and will never be removed, JCPOA or not.
I’m not of the opinion that the Zionist entity will use nuclear weapons right off the bat or even if they’re losing. It’s to their benefit to agree towards some sort of diplomatic settlement if a war is waged and they’re on the losing end.
This isn’t the Arab-Israeli wars of the 20th century. Iran and its Allie’s don’t have the physical capability of pushing out Israelis from Occupied Palestine entirely but they can be boxed into a corner into which a negotiated outcome that benefits Iran and its allies may be possible.
But I’m just spitballing here. Israel as a nation is effectively radical right wing and could be more than willing to resort to nuclear weaponry the second any shooting-war begins to not go their way.
If the conflict can be kept to conventional means (somehow). Then I’m of the opinion that Iranian long-range precision guided missiles, cruise missiles and drones in combination with allied forces around Israel. Can achieve their goals militarily.
I don't mean states, but militant groups, and the people who sympathize with them, especially the Palestinians. I wasn't referring to state governments, but people.
Any heavy lifting will be done by IRGC/Iranian military and Hezbollah, other regional allied forces (presumably). Iran NEEDS to lead the charge of battle against Israel regardless due to the stakes and history involved.
For the short term, Iranian high authority must make a strategic decision about how they plan on better protecting their higher ranking soldiers. If Israel really was involved with this latest assassination, then again. A tough decision needs to be made on whether or not retaliation against Israel in ISRAEL is warranted in order to establish some semblance of deterrence.
We’ve seen Iran willing to hit valuable Israeli assets in Iraq but that isn’t enough.
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