Is US Attempting to Play an Israeli Strategy Out Against Iran?

- Is US Attempting to Play an Israeli Strategy Out Against Iran?
by Robert Inlakesh, https://www.presstv.com/
With the recent response coming from the IRGC to the US’s illegal assassination of General Qassem Soleimani, it is becoming more clear that the Trump administration may be playing at one of two possible objectives.
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The first possible strategy that is being carried out on the part of the United States, is one in which they seek to pursue a devastating regional war, in which they will attempt regime change in Iran. This will become clear if Trump chooses to respond with harsh airstrikes against Iranian territory.
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The second possible strategy is one which sees its origins in Israel. This is a strategy which aims to drive a rift between Iran and its regional allies.
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Last November, the Israeli regime launched a targeted assassination strike in the Gaza Strip, resulting in the murder of the resistance group Islamic Jihad’s top commander, Baha Abu Atta. When this strike was ordered, killing Abu Atta and several other civilians, along with an attempted assassination in Damascus, many expected there to be a war between Gaza and Israel. To the Palestinians of Gaza, Abu Atta had the status of General Qassem Soleimani, he was loved and was a respected leader of the resistance against Israel. However, following his assassination by Israel, there was only a limited battle between Islamic Jihad and Israel. Islamic Jihad fired rockets hitting Tel Aviv and beyond and destroyed many Israeli structures, but it ended there with Israel having killed roughly 30 Palestinians – mostly civilians – and there being no confirmed Israeli casualties. Hamas also did not participate in the round of hostilities.
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Earlier last year Israel also repeatedly attacked Syria, targeting primarily its air defense radars and the SAA (Syrian Arab Army). Israel launched tens of attacks, in which many Syrian civilians and soldiers were killed, yet Syria did not respond by striking Israel in kind. This policy of not responding to Israel paved the way for more bold and deadly illegal strikes.
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Israel even violated the sovereignty of Lebanon with loitering munitions (suicide drones), in last August of 2019, which led to a response from Lebanese Hezbollah. Israel suffered an embarrassing blow at the hands of Hezbollah as Hezbollah forces struck a military vehicle inside of Israeli territory, with anti-tank missiles. Despite what was an obvious direct strike, Israel manage to convince its population that none of its soldiers had been killed, by the end of the escalation. Israel was careful not to further inflame tensions, showing its people that it responded with incendiary munitions inside of South Lebanon. The munitioned fired into south Lebanon, close to the Lebanon-Israel border, were in fact only fired to provide cover to evacuate injured and wounded soldiers and is a well known military procedure.
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