Bombs, Blunders, and Blowback: The Cost of Miscalculating Iran
As the evolving and fast-deteriorating situation continues to send shockwaves across the world, it is quite clear that global uncertainty will persist in the coming few weeks or months. Political commentators and analysts are closely observing these developments and many have predicted very alarming scenarios. As the hawkish rhetoric between Iran and Israel continues unabated and the fierce missile exchanges by both light up the night skies, it is highly that the recent bombings conducted by the United States (US) on the three nuclear sites — Natanz, Fordow, and Esfahan, by its formidable B2 bomber is not the end game. The repercussions are going to be felt the world over. As the recent reports suggest, the Iranian missile response in Qatar was measured and precise — as the target was only the largest military base in the Middle East — but the attack was contained. Nonetheless, it was a symbolic action. Is the ceasefire agreement ironclad? Israel certainly does not have a stellar...