On all sorts of missions – Aluf Benn in Haaretz:

‘The opening of a campaign against Iran marks a new peak in Israel's reliance on the U.S. For the first time in its history, Israel is requesting that American military forces take part not only in defense, but in offensive action: the bombing of Iran's uranium enrichment facility in Fordow.’

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‘Trump's hesitation stems from political risk, not military difficulty: Launching a war against a regional power that could disrupt global oil supplies and drag the U.S. into a third entanglement in the Middle East, following the long wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, both of which border Iran.’

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‘The implicit message in Israel's public messaging is clear: President Franklin Roosevelt refused to bomb the railroad to Auschwitz in 1944. Trump now has the chance to level the "new Auschwitz" at Fordow. For years, Netanyahu has described Iran's nuclear program as a modern version of the Nazi death camps. In recent days, he has avoided such statements, but it's likely that the war plan devised by Netanyahu and IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir is based on a "final step" that the U.S. must take, a bombing raid with a massive payload, that would destroy the nuclear facility buried deep underground. If Fordow remains intact, Iran could rehabilitate its nuclear project much more quickly.’

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‘That principle has now been broken. A new precedent has been set: For the first time, Israel is asking for American pilots to fly alongside the crews of Israeli Air Force Commander Tomer Bar. Even if Fordow is ultimately not bombed – whether Iran dismantles it on its own or the IDF finds another way to damage it – the taboo of requesting direct military involvement has been broken. The request that America bomb Fordow is a clear indication: Some missions are simply too big for the IDF alone.’

Read the article here.

Too big, the question is, what missions are really necessary?

If Auschwitz is invoked to bomb Fordow we can safely say that remembrance culture as we know it a matter of the past. Remembrance culture already dying. This will be the nail in the coffin.

What will be gained is unclear? Maybe nothing.

A pariah state can survive for quite a while but its future is bleak.