Quote Originally Posted by Dubbag View Post
No green light was given.
Just propaganda. Iran did not expect nor anticipate Arab state intervention against their assault. Jordan had already been in touch with a number of Arab leaders regarding their potential actions. All agreed to back them.
This was a serious attack that failed. Iran will have to sweat now for a while. Of course they could turn to Russia for help?
Don't know whether it was Green Lit for them to save face or not, but despite the sheer number of drones/missiles launched there is definitely something a bit "off" about the attack.

I don't think anyone would argue that, despite Iran's numerical advantage, Israel does not have a far greater technological one thanks to US aid and support. Given the known successes of Ukraine in shooting down the vast majority of Russian drones/ missiles and the highly unlikely scenario that Iran was not aware of Israel's much touted "defensive dome", something does not seem straight forward about Iran's attack. Certainly, if it was a serious attempt then it failed but given that Khamenei has always seemed wary of drawing Israel -and certainly the US- into a direct conflict there is a logical possibility that this was an attack meant more to be a "show of face" than to cause any real damage which would, in turn, have provoked a severe retaliation. Conspiracy theory? Maybe, but the stakes are high and political manoeuvring ofen nefarious. Just hope Netanyahu heeds the calls for resraint.