Dana Stroul on the Israel War: Iranians Have Held Off on ‘How Much Damage They Could Cause’

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STROUL: “Well, President Trump is right that any loss of civilian life is tragic. But right now, in the past five days of this Israeli operation, the collateral damage on both sides is relatively low. And what‘s clear is that the Iranians have held off on how much damage they could cause. They have not directed their militias in Iraq and Syria to target U.S. forces. They have not turned their missiles on energy infrastructure in the Gulf, on Gulf populations, on the tens of thousands of U.S. forces at bases across the Middle East. So it‘s pretty constrained and limited right now. But this, the spillover effects and the possibility of expanding the war are really serious. And a lot of that hinges on whether or not the United States becomes a co-combatant with Israel in offensive operations in Iran.”