Washington looks confused, but Israel has a plan in Iran
Netanyahu wants regime change, using local opponents of the regime
In the first days of the war, Israeli air strikes showed an unusual pattern. Heavy attacks in Kurdish areas of Iran, just before it appears Kurdish armed groups launched ground attacks from across the border.
Air support of local insurgents has a mixed record, but it has been more successful than direct military intervention by foreign powers. We need to start thinking about the consequences of this, because the campaign being waged is far more than just bombing.
As they launched their war on Iran, both President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu called on Iranians to rise up and overthrow their dictatorship.
But while Trump gave four different reporters different timelines for bringing the war to a conclusion, Netanyahu is putting a Kosovo-style plan into practice by weakening the regime’s security forces from the air to create the conditions for local regime opponents to act.
Though the Israeli military has stated its aims are to destroy as much of Iran’s nuclear and missile programs as it can, Netanyahu has gone further. For him, bringing an end to the Iranian regime has been his life’s mission. Could it finally be within his grasp?