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One Iranian Miscalculation after Another
(Wall Street Journal) Editorial - Israel has pulled off against Iran's military what it did to Hizbullah in September: a decapitation. Nearly the entire top echelon of Iran's army and Revolutionary Guard has been killed. A series of mistakes has led Iran to the catastrophic scenario it has long sought to avoid: open war with Israel without the aid of proxies and before obtaining nuclear weapons. For months President Trump made clear that he wanted to avoid a military confrontation and make a nuclear deal. He all but begged the regime to come to terms, and his envoy Steve Witkoff made a generous offer - too generous - that would have let Iran continue enriching uranium domestically for some years. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed it out of hand. Now, the Middle East war Iran started is becoming an historic defeat.