Ignore the naysayers. Israel‘s war with Iran was the most impressive military victory in the country’s history, and perhaps the most lopsided major conflict in the 21st century.
For 12 days, Israel ruled the Iranian air unmolested, targeting major military installations and nuclear facilities. After deploying a slew of creative feints and ruses, the IDF knocked out Iran’s entire aerial defense as Mossad decapitated virtually the entirety of the Iranian military leadership. Among others, Israel killed the chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the chief of Iran’s emergency military command, and the commander of the Air Force. Wiping out the enemy’s top generals and disrupting the entire chain of command was an unprecedented feat in warfare. As
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