Israel’s missile strike on the Iranian consulate in Syria, killing 12 high-ranking Iranian officials, is a red line. There is no way that Iran will allow this terroristic act to pass without response. Iran will now attack Israel at any moment, and you can bet that it will be devastating. Iran knows that if they respond militarily, Israel will match their response with an even more bloodthirsty counter-response, so the only option for Iran is to make their first strike against Israel the only one they will need. You can be sure that Iran will coordinate their attack with Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen, the three of which have come under repeated attacks by Israel. Israel is apparently hoping that an Iranian response will drag the United States into war on their behalf. I’m sure it will. Which means that American troops could be sent to die on Israel’s behalf.
Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and other nations, know that this would be the sequence of events. Which means that the eventual counterstrike against Israel will probably be devastating enough to wipe it off the map. That would be the only possible option, to prevent a prolonged regional war.
