There is a lot of equating "The West" with israel in this. A LOT of the west is not behind what israel is doing , not even americans are. Iran is a very minor threat to europe and US, and very minor threat in general.

There is nothing ideological about this war, nobody seriously believes that. It's 100% power play

> Iran is a very minor threat to europe and US, and very minor threat in general.

Independently, yes. An axis is what's problematic.

The same goes for Iran, of course: I'd wager the majority of them would rather see the current regime go.

This is just putting to action Israel's long term plan of getting US in war with Iran.

Funny how diplomacy is not an option for you.

I'm neither endorsing nor advocating for any sides or actions taken, I'm offering what I think is the correct lens to explain this behavior.

Most people look at Israel's actions in a Gaza and say wow how could Israel do that.

They look at the bombing and say wow how could the US do that.

Yet none of these things are happening in a vacuum, they're related to everything else going on in the world.

There's nothing forgivable about mass murder and violence, but in the course of international relationships this is the kind of calculus that defines these decisions.

Diplomacy is nice when its an option, I don't know why it didn't prevail here but legitimate attempts were made by the US to mediate. Unless you think it was all bad faith from the start, which is a different argument entirely.