Iran - Beyond The Obvious

The attack on Iran will likely have deeper meaning and more significant consequences across the globe than are immediately apparent. History will be the judge;

David Robb ——Bio and Archives--March 2, 2026

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This last weekend, the US and Israel executed precision military strikes on numerous targets in Iran. Although Iran responded by launching thousands of drones and ballistic missiles against targets in Israel and in numerous nearby middle Eastern states, with only a few exceptions, most of those drones and missiles were intercepted. As expected, groups sympathetic to Iran initiated terrorist attacks in other countries, including the US. Likely, similar attacks will continue for weeks to come.

What is not so obvious are the consequences flowing from two major aspects of Iran's activities and policies

The joint attacks on Iran successfully eliminated most of the high level leadership of the Islamic regime, as well as many of the Iran Republican Guards, and numerous military supply, support, and naval facilities. The Iranian people have been called to take back their country, and the response from expatriate Iranians has been overwhelmingly positive.

All this and more was anticipated and reasonably expected. The attacks on other middle-Eastern countries might have been a bit of a surprise, but not a huge one as Iran has seen many of them to be collaborators with the US and Israel, notably through the Abraham Accords. What is not so obvious are the consequences flowing from two major aspects of Iran's activities and policies.

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