US should push for short but sharp Israeli retaliation

Iran’s missile attack on Israel on Tuesday was highly significant in scale and aggression.

Some analysts, such as Ian Bremmer, emphasize Iran’s prior notice to the United States that its attack was imminent. Others, such as U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan, are emphasizing the successful interception of a large number of Iranian missiles by the U.S. and Israel. With Israel apparently suffering no casualties, these arguments suggest that Iran sought to avoid dramatic escalation and that cooler heads can now prevail.

It sounds good. The problem is that there is at least one undeniable piece of evidence that Iran wanted to kill a significant number of Israelis with this attack. Namely, the fact that Iran focused on saturation strikes involving numerous ballistic missiles launched

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