Israel, Iranian military kabuki

ISRAEL and Iran are staging a Japanese kabuki-style confrontation that borders on the absurd. So far, it has been mostly harmless (not counting Gaza), but behind the posturing by both sides lies the deadly threat of a possible nuclear confrontation.

Iran has shown itself to be a military paper tiger. Tehran launched 300 odd missiles and drones against Israel in retaliation for Israel’s assassination of two senior Iranian Revolutionary Guard generals in Damascus – a clear act of war. The missile/drone barrage was useless and ineffective. It must have cost Iran US$1 billion (RM4.76…