@LesterB99 you don't think Iran will respond? i'm quite sure there will be something. Iran hasn't escalated, already and incautiously, because it (correctly!) has confidence that Israel (with or without the US) would exact a terrible cost on Iran's people and proxies, regardless of the ultimate outcome. mutually catastrophic wars are best avoided, regardless of your (always questionable) take on whether you would or wouldn't eventually "win" them.