ISRAEL AND IRAN HAVE BOTH CHOSEN TO HAVE THEIR BIG SHOWDOWN NOW
ISRAEL AND IRAN HAVE BOTH CHOSEN TO HAVE THEIR BIG SHOWDOWN NOW

The main thing that I've got to say that I'm not hearing from others -- and it seems very clear to me -- is that the Israeli attack on the Iranian embassy/consulate building in Damascus on April 1 was a deliberate Israeli attempt to provoke the "wider regional war" that I had assumed Israel was eager to avoid.

Now, the Iranian retaliation is widely described as "disproportionate." So Iran is also saying, "Let's shoot it out now."