The most important outcome: The US has lost patience with the Islamic Republic and is willing in one way or another to flex its muscles and, according to foreign sources, give more support to Israel to do so.
Until this past week, there had been a number of US and Israeli joint drills which could have been veiled threats to Tehran to at least freeze the progress of its nuclear program. However, these drills took place often at the same time as Washington was sounding hopeful messages about a return to diplomacy, or at least not messages that diplomacy was dead.
In May 2022, the US provided refueling platforms for the Israel Air Force to hold one of its largest-ever drills for carrying out “deep” attacks far away from Israel’s borders – often a metaphor for Iran.
In July 2022, the US and Israel held a joint exercise to help protect Israel from Iranian ballistic-missile threats. There were also assorted US-Israel naval and other drills. READ MORE
