The Iranians have called Trump's bluff and sent a few missiles over the border into Iraq, aimed at US bases there.
After all the huffing and puffing he's done over the past few days, it's hard to imagine Trump doing a graceful come-down.
It's either go big or go home for the Americans.
The problem with going big, in a nutshell, are the Hezbollah missiles in southern Lebanon. Here's Gilad Erdan speculating about the number; 200,000. Granted, he was lobbying for more money for interceptor systems at the time, so maybe he was inflating the threat a bit.
The problem is that what the Americans started here could very easily spin out of control. Iran has been an obsession with the Israeli military since the fall of the Shah. They game war on Iran constantly. There'll be plenty of experts telling Trump to go big.
Right now this is a bigger existential threat than the climate crisis. Any thoughts on that, Greta?
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