So, yes, it looks like we will be avoiding World War III in the Middle East. The ability of the US to marshal a multinational coalition on a moment's notice to shoot down almost all of Iran's missiles was indeed a tour de force of American diplomatic and security capabilities. The massive barrage that Iran launched was effectively neutralized not just by US and Israeli weapons, but Jordanian and Saudi weapons, too.
Needless to say, you have the usual Republican attacks on Biden for "allowing" the attacks to happen, because something something Afghanistan weakness senility something. The reality is that the US's number one goal since October 8th has been to prevent a regional war. It's not something anyone wants, but it is something that could obviously happen. Israel took a huge risk attacking Iranian military figures in Damascus, and the US and its allies saved their butts the other night. I doubt Netanyahu cares, but Israel should.
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