In these early days of Operation Epic Fury, while much remains unknown, one thing has become clear: how little the conventional wisdom about foreign policy in Washington, D.C. has to do with the realities taking shape on the battlefield. Traditionally, four things were assumed to be near inevitable if the United States and/or Israel were to take significant military action against Iran: - Iran’s supreme leader would be untouchable. - The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps would deploy its terrorist proxies to ignite a regional war. - Israel would be isolated in the Middle East and vulnerable to
In these early days of Operation Epic Fury, while much remains unknown, one thing has become clear: how little the conventional wisdom about foreign policy in Washington, D.C. has to do with the realities taking shape on the battlefield. Traditionally, four things were assumed to be near inevitable if the United States and/or Israel were to take significant military action against Iran: - Iran’s supreme leader would be untouchable. - The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps would deploy its terrorist proxies to ignite a regional war. - Israel would be isolated in the Middle East and vulnerable to