First you gotta admit that nothing happened, was in fact achieved.
Aside from the setup for deployments in the 'Iran still has fissile material' plot-thread that keeps getting bandied about.
The people here realize that this isn't Syria, right?
Next steps are to see if Trump was highly offended by Iran's symbolic missile strike (jump to step 5) or if Iran chooses to close the Strait of Hormuz and/or send another round of missiles.
That's irrelevant to the fact that A: Israel has had Iran as its crown jewel for regime change for decades and B: the writing is on the wall that Israeli support from the American citizenry will only deteriorate from this point forward.
This to any rational actor working at it from the Israeli perspective is
the moment. If they do not accomplish getting the U.S. into a regime change war with Iran under Trump they will not get the possibility to do so again, at least not for a questionable amount of time. What remains to be seen now is if they have the political leverage to make it happen and if so if they slow-walk it or sprint towards it.
My theory thus far is that Trump is attempting to maneuver through this the way he did with the other flare-up instances in the M.E. not realizing the above context I've pointed out. Israel isn't going to take 'no' for an answer on this one, Iran is too important and this opportunity too fleeting. Much like with the Oct 7th attacks and using that as an opportunity for the destruction/depopulation of Gaza.
I reiterate this isn't some wishcasting nonsense, I am saying this as a result of looking at the situation from how I would view it, from what's publicly observable, as someone on the side of the Israeli government. They have even more information available that I'm sure makes this, in all likelihood, even more dire that they act now to have this happen.
