i largely agree but i think they have had setbacks and have failed to take advantage of israel acting irrationally and belligerently because they are so risk adverse. they have the capabilities to inflict tremendous harm on israel but they choose not to even as israel keeps doubling down. it's a lot like assad's syria who also had a massive ad force and strategic weapons cache that they spent decades building up only to get couped. that kind of long term passive approach favors psychos like the us and israel.
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