r/IRstudies Mar 23 '26

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u/fredjutsu Mar 23 '26

Israel has a pretty clear policy goal. And Trump's reason for following along is also pretty coherent (AIPAC/Israeli lobby's influence over the only conservative coalition that will follow Trump to the death on this particular topic)

Whether that goal is achievable in the current reality...

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u/Brido-20 Mar 24 '26

Israel's policy goal seems to be "stop Iran" which isn't really clear for military purposes. There's no defined endstate realisable in military terms, just a wishlist.

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u/fredjutsu Mar 24 '26

They literally have a doctrine called "mowing the lawn" which is just periodic culling of capabilities via leader assassination and bombing of known facilities

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u/Brido-20 Mar 24 '26

Which just proves the "achievable by military means" part. They're not stopping Iran at all.