After the Iranian response, war is ruled out, as Russia is the winner for now

Ramallah – North-Press Agency
Ahmad Ismail

Israeli political analyst Shaul Menshe said that the Iranian bombing of two U.S. military bases in Iraq early on Wednesday – in a response to the assassination of the commander of "Quds Force", Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani – would not lead to a progression towards an all-out war. As Menshe said in an interview with North-Press that all observers expect no war, considering that "the Iranians, despite their aggression, are smart people and realize that they are unable to conduct a war with the United States and other countries at the same time," he added.

He estimated that Iran would simply bound their retaliation to a limited process for the satisfaction of the local public supporting the Iranian government.

Nevertheless, this cannot guarantee absolute absence of war, as it may arise without the parties' desire for it. Therefore, American preparations are underway to confront the state of war, as Menshe sees.

 
"Nobody knows," said the Israeli analyst Shaul Menshe regarding whether Washington will respond to Iran's targeting of two the military bases in Iraq with ballistic missiles. It is about how things would develop and whether the Iranian responding operations cause massive damage for the United States, such as the killing of its troops.

In conclusion, Menshe finds that the war scenario is unlikely to take place, however, he says that the Iranian government always threatens to attack Israel if the U.S. would attack Iran, indicating that "what an Iranian spokesman stated last night confirms this matter." Thus, Menshe stresses that Israel is on alert to face such a scenario.

 
For his part, the head of the Russian-Arab Cultural Center in Saint Petersburg, Dr. Muslim Shito, said in an interview with North-Press that the Russian Command believes that the Iranian response for the assassination of the commander of Quds Force, Major General Qasem Soleimani, is represented by limited operations that do not ignite the war.

Shito added that Moscow believes that the unprecedented tension between Washington and Tehran will open the door for dialogue between the two countries, in order to reach an agreement that satisfies both sides at a stage.

In any case, Shito, who is close to the Russian command, considers that escalations in the region will weaken the U.S. presence in Iraq, and Russia would be victorious as a result, allowing it "the ability to move from the Caspian sea into the Mediterranean without needing to get the American permission in Iraq."

 
While the researcher in the U.S. policy affairs in Washington Joe Macaron, sees that the initial indications suggest that the United States administration "has absorbed" the Iranian response, which means that the possibility of a war is ruled out until the moment.

Macaron told North-Press that the preliminary data coming from the White House show no casualties among the U.S. military in Iraq.