Many people I speak to who support the war support it for one of two reasons:

They believe it is necessary to stop Iran from having nuclear weapons

They believe it will create regime change in Iran

Unlike in June, the official line from the Israeli and American governments is not that Iran was at a critical point in its efforts to develop nuclear weapons and that preventing that is the war’s catalyst and primary goal.

By Bibi’s own implicit admission, there is no plan in place to replace the Iranian regime. The goal is to inflict damage to weaken the regime, and then it’s up to the Iranian people to rise up and finish the job. However, this doesn’t account for the possibility that the people of Iran do not rise up, whether due to apathy, fear, support of the regime, or a feeling of being depleted after the recent brutal repression of anti-government protests. It also assumes that there will not be a........

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