How nice of Iran to speak for Syria and Iraq.  “Airstrikes violate Iraqi and Syrian sovereignty, Iran says,” Reuters, 2-3-24.  Iran’s foreign ministry, through spokesperson Nasser Kanaani, said “the root cause of tensions and crises in the Middle East is Israel’s occupation and genocide of Palestinians with America’s unlimited support”.  Maybe we should take a poll and see how many other countries in the Middle East share Iran’s opinion?

The Atlantic doesn’t know?  Iran wants the U.S. out of the Middle East, and wants Israel destroyed.  And wants a Shia Crescent.  All these points are well-established.  “What Does Iran Want?,” The Atlantic, 2-3-24.

“Why are Iran and its proxies unlikely to be deterred by US strikes? – analysis,” JPost, 2-3-24.  “Iran believes that, in the long term, the US is slowly withdrawing from the region, likely emboldening Iran and its proxies to go for broke when Hamas attacked Israel on October 7.”