Israel had high hopes for the war with Iran. With Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu joining forces, their greatest enemy would undoubtedly finally be obliterated. Sure, Israel would have to face bombardment from Iran for a while, but most Israelis seemed to accept a month or so of hiding in a bomb shelter as a down payment for a future total victory.
Well… it hasn’t worked out like that. Trump’s apparent plan was to kill the Iranian leadership, tell the Iranian people that the “hour of their freedom is at hand“, and then sit back and watch as a new, friendly Iran takes shape.
