What Would Happen If Israel and Iran Went to War? - By Matt Ward - https://www.raptureready.com/2020/01/21/happen-israel-iran-went-war-matt-ward/
The world, it would seem, has stepped back from the brink. Waking up on the morning of Wednesday, 8th January to the news that Iran had fired 22 missiles at two large Iraqi military bases housing United States troops, I was convinced that war was the only outcome.
It now appears that a direct military confrontation between the United States of America and Iran, as close as both sides have come to open war for a generation, has entered a de-escalatory phase.
Yet, on that Wednesday morning, as I considered the likelihood of a direct, full-scale military exchange between the United States and Iran, there was one thing that dominated my thoughts: Israel.
Wednesday's exchange brought into sharp focus a question I have been considering for a number of years now: "exactly what would be the likely outcome of a war between Israel and Iran?"
It is a war that has been on the horizon for a long time, discussed often in diplomatic circles, usually in hushed tones because of the chaos many believe it would cause. But what might such a confrontation look like? One thing about such an unpredictable conflict is certain; most people outside military, intelligence or academic circles have absolutely no understanding of how volatile such a war would likely be.
Such a war would not merely be something we "tuned in and tuned out" of on CNN, then go about our normal lives completely untouched. It is likely that each of us would be impacted by such a war.
Considering such a potential future Israel-Iran war is no hypothetical exercise either. Immediately after the Iranian missile attack of Wednesday the 8th, Iran made clear their intentions should the United States decide to respond and retaliate. Iran threatened that their response to a United States retaliation to their missile strike would be to attack Dubai, and then to move directly against Israel.
An Israel-Iran war would not be a limited conflict. The chances are that many other countries would be quickly drawn into such a war.
And this war is becoming increasingly likely. It is indeed sobering to note that the immediate actions of Iran, even in this so-called de-escalatory stage, further guarantee that war will one day soon happen.
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