Post #1697068

@tito_swineflu I think of two aspects here: 1) There's rarely one reason why individuals in a large group agree to take a course of action. Everyone has their own specific agenda, and even individuals have a complex interaction of various motivations. 2) Even with all those intersecting motivations, there's still the over-arching element of "we need to do something that The People approve of." Greenland was a non-starter in that realm, but Iran has a bad-enough reputation, and Israel's targets like Gaza seem to get little international support, that attacking Iran ends up being the thing that earns the least disapproval. They're sinking in disapproval right now and they need a win. I'm not sure they understand how incapable they are of pulling a "win" out of the morass they've kicked off.