This is why desperation – not strategy – is driving the US-Israel strikes on Iran

Military action replaces diplomacy, forcing Iran into asymmetric responses and pushing the Middle East to a tipping point

On the morning of February 28, Israel and the US launched a military operation against Iran, an action Tehran views as unprovoked aggression – especially striking given that talks were still ongoing. The situation was made even more tense by the fact that just hours before the strikes, US President Donald Trump publicly...