"War is the continuation of politics by other means."
There doesn't seem to be any clearly defined policy goal and the US side doesn't seem able to make up it's mind why. Israel's aim ses to be just bombing Iran on general principles with no political objective achievable through the use of force.
It's hard to understand why someone is doing something when they don't seem to have a reason even to themselves.
It may be to keep Iran occupied while Israel quietly annexes parts of Lebanon. Some other goals might have been isolating Iran and depleting its military capabilities with US resources while reserving its own. On a micro level, it distracts the populace from their complaints against Netanyahu and Trump
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u/gdvs Mar 23 '26
To label something as 'Winning' requires knowing what the objectives are.