Iran's attack on Israel lit a fuse that will mark the scenario from now on, says Aaron Miller. Miller: Iran's attack sought to exhibit deterrence capabilities but essentially limit damage to escape an expanded war.
This is the first time that both countries have struck directly at each other's territories, he says. Miller says Israel's true victory has not been the shooting down of the missiles, but the realization that Iran does not dare to do more in the Middle East. The U.S. has reproached Israel for not having warned about the attack in Damascus, Miller says, but Israel says the building was not a diplomatic institution but a disguised military barracks but a military barracks. It is important to investigate whether the attack on the diplomatic headquarters, which triggered this chapter of the crisis, was due to a consistent strategy or more pedestrian interests, he adds. The US's no to a reply to Israel's bombing of Gaza is a sign of how serious the crisis has become, Miller writes, adding that Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not understood the need for a comprehensive solution.