Iran - Israel/US War: Israel-US declare war on Iran, Iran responds

Is this a way of Iran saying we're not going to retaliate because nothing was destroyed?
Yes, of course they're not planning to retaliate. They are happy to go back to status quo if indefinite sanctions and no nukes.
 
People need to calm down.

The way I'm reading this is that this was coordinated with Iran. Basically Trump informed them before hand that they would bomb those sites to satisfy his neocons but not escalate. Iran would withdraw their people before hand and watch the drama play out.

Now the question is, what needs to be done to get to a ceasefire? Because if the US is demanding that Iran needs to give up all nuclear capability or even ballistic missile capability, then the situation will continue escalating.
What nuclear capability is left to give?
 
THESE STRIKES MEAN NOTHING... But Iran now has legitimacy to attack the trade ways.

LETS NOT STOP IRAN.. JUST FINISH THE JOB.. YOU HAVE LOST NOTHING>> YOU DIDN"T HAVE NUKES IN THE FIRST PLACE>>

Iran has been upping the ante and assuming a lot of risk over its geopolitical gambles. Even if we charitably discount its role in the Israel-Gaza war, there is still a lot Iran is doing:
  • Suppling weapons to Russia
  • Building new enrichment sites
  • Accelerating its uranium enrichment to 60% purity
  • Regional rivalries with Gulf states including drone attacks
  • Supporting proxies like Houthis, Hezbollah, al-Assad
What was the hedge against potential blowbacks if things went south? Iran doesn't have a capable air force, navy or army so no real conventional deterrence. Iran had the option of retaliating against European and American forces stationed in Afghanistan. Once they were gone so was the deterrence factor.

America and Israel has all manners of deterrence options ranging from conventional to nuclear. They can assume risk and absorb blowbacks. Iran cannot and its learning an important lesson here.
 

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