Israel-Iran escalation the day after Trump announces US withdrawal from Iran Deal in a speech citing Israel. Hard to see those as unrelated.
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Replying to @NGrossman81
It just gave Israel a bit of political coverage - but not really. I would argue that Trump's threatening to pull out of Syria in April had more to do with speeding this inevitability up than did yesterday's US pullout of nuke deal.
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Replying to @SollySollinger
That's probably a factor in the overall calculus. But the marked difference in today's events is Iranian forces firing into Israel. It's possible the Iranians didn't want to give Trump an excuse, but don't have to worry about that now.
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Replying to @NGrossman81
Contextualize Iran's firing into Israel in terms of Israel's repeated strikes in the last week (albeit, I'd argue, justified), The question is what now? Israel targets ALL of Iranian bases (?) in Syria and prays Syria, Russia & Hezbollah don't respond?
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Replying to @SollySollinger
Not sure, but it looks like it's headed that way.
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Replying to @NGrossman81
I'm kind of thinking it will quiet down now for awhile. Like they let some air out of the bottle. Russia doesn't want to lose its foothold in Syria. If they start to see, after last night, Israel ain't gonna go quietly- they may get Iran to settle down.
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Perhaps. But Iran's not going to leave Syria, and Israel's not going to be okay with Iran establishing positions in Syria. The underlying conditions for conflict remain.
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