In what resembles a show of force, provocation to Iran, and a veiled invitation to draw it into sending a batch of its drones and missiles to Israel, the US military displayed its forces from a military base in Israel, as if it were a message to Iran perhaps to make the mistake of striking the US force where it is stationed in Israel.

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Tehran understood the message and was not drawn into a war with Israel, because it knows Tel Aviv's reaction and estimates the scale of the hell that would befall it if it engaged with America in a new joint war against Iran, after reviewing the effects of the previous joint war between Israel and America against Iran.

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Iran confines itself to sending its missiles and drones to Gulf Cooperation Council countries and Jordan, whether those with US bases or those without. The Iranian attack usually targets infrastructure and civilian assets, and none of them hit US military bases. It limits its attacks to these countries because it realizes they keep themselves out of this war and are against escalating the fighting.

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And Iran, which has suspended the memorandum of understanding with America and refuses to hold a new meeting with it to activate what was agreed upon, must return to diplomacy, dialogue, and understanding away from the use of force in new rounds, especially after it became powerless to prevent America from the impact of its strikes on vital and military sites.

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And if Israel is preparing to enter the war, as leaked news in its media says, then this will accelerate the end of Iran and force it to accept American and Israeli dictates and demands, whether regarding the nuclear reactor, the Strait of Hormuz, or supporting terrorist militias, without obtaining the lifting of sanctions, the release of its deposits in foreign banks, or the lifting of the naval blockade that surrounds it.

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In our view, the options before Iran to get out of the dark tunnel seem very limited and not beneficial. America has surrounded it, deepened its blockade, and exhausted it, leaving Iran with no opportunities to maneuver or evade a resounding defeat that may happen quickly and soon, more than expected.

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And Iran's reliance in facing this fierce war on sending drones and missiles to Gulf Cooperation Council countries and Jordan, and hitting their infrastructure, will not save it from drowning, nor protect it from painful American strikes, nor place it in a strong position capable of continuing to control the Strait of Hormuz and threatening ships from passing through this strait.

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The danger to Iran will escalate more than if President Trump allowed Israel to once again enter the war as a party. This means that the decision being cooked up in the White House is to completely end Iranian power and subject the country to division into mini-states, with America relying on using the diversity that makes up the population, and the dissatisfaction of many of them with the rule of the mullahs, without justice or equality among citizens.