Niall Ferguson: Israel’s Attack Restores the Credibility of the West

After TACO, now BDCO: Bibi Doesn't Chicken Out. Early Friday morning, Israel launched a historic wave of attacks against Iran—the latest phase of the Israel-Iran war that effectively began on
October 7, 2023.

Israel's Operation Rising Lion included both air strikes and a wave of Mossad-run assassinations across Iran that effectively decapitated the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. The Israel Defense Forces claim to have executed hundreds of strikes spread over five waves in the first phase of the operation, targeting Iran's milita1Y infrastmcture, its nuclear sites, and its command stmcture. As many as 200 fighter jets were involved. The Israelis built a drone base inside Iran to strike the enemy from within, as if to say: Anything Ukraine can do, we can do better.