Apparently Netanyahu was losing confidence that Trump was going to do his bidding and start the war with Iran like he was told to do, so he’s trying to force the president’s hand:
Israel launched a daylight missile attack on Iran on Saturday morning follows weeks of knife-edge tensions building up between Donald Trump and the Ayatollah.
Israel Katz, the Israeli Defense Minister, announcement that the country is under a state of emergency as thick smoke rose from an explosion in downtown Tehran.
Iranian state media reported explosions going off in their capital city. The apparent strike happened near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The IDF launched the surprise ‘preemptive’ attack before warning its own citizens to prepare to take cover if the Iranians fight back, with sirens already being heard across Israel.
Israel’s Defense Force said in a national warning: ‘This is a proactive alert to prepare the public for the possibility of missiles being launched toward the State of Israel.’
It’s not exactly a mystery why Israel has become so hated around the world under the Netanyahu regime. I mean, how many wars can you start, and how many foreign countries can you “preemptively” attack before people figure out that maybe you’re not the victim?
Iran obviously has the right to defend itself. Although it sounds like a pretty small attack, so Iran would do well to avoid taking the obvious bait and refraining from responding until it doesn’t have two carriers and one-third of the US air force parked outside its borders.