Iran Goes Ballistic Defending Degraded Hezbollah

Iran’s audacious missile attack on Israel, the second such strike in less than six months, seeks to halt Israel’s stunning recent successes in eliminating many of the key leaders and capabilities of Hezbollah, which is the cornerstone of Tehran’s project to encircle the Middle East in a “ring of fire” and deter Israeli military action against Iran itself. Instead of treating the successful tactical defense against Iran’s latest escalation as another “win,” the United States must reinforce regional defenses and support Israel’s freedom of action to continue degrading Iran’s proxy axis, mitigate the risks of a major Middle East conflict driven by Iranian aggression, and prevent Tehran from taking its most logical next step up the escalatory ladder—crossing the nuclear weapons threshold.

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