Three Scenarios for How the Iran War Might End

That’s because Israel and the US could destroy Iran if they truly want to, including with nukes, though they’re holding back for now with the expectation that a friendly government will replace the unfriendly one and restore Iran’s role as one of their top regional allies. It was assessed in mid-January that “The US Wants To Replicate The Venezuelan Model In Iran” through a “regime tweaking” that places US-friendly members of the incumbent government in power for ruling the country and its resource industries by proxy (thereby denying the latter to China). Accordingly, from Iran’s perspective, the best-case scenario is to turn what the US and Israel likely expected to be a relatively quick campaign into a protracted one, dialing up the damage with time but being careful not to cross their “red lines” to avoid being destroyed.

Author: Andrew Korybko

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