Iran, Israel, Middle East
March 2, 2023
Israel and Iran edge closer to war, but experts say conflict isn’t inevitable
“The Iranians are not stupid. They are not suicidal,” said Daniel R. DePetris, an analyst with Defense Priorities, a Washington-based think tank that tends to be skeptical of Washington’s foreign policy consensus.
A full-blown conflict could prove just as disastrous to Israel, a small and already isolated nation with far more regional enemies than friends. “I don’t see a guy who’s itching to launch a military operation against the Iranians,” DePetris said of Netanyahu.
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