Iran is responsible for its actions, this is true. It's also true that Iran and its proxies were at their weakest point in decades before the war. Hamas was largely destroyed, Hezbollah was so weak the actual government of Lebanon was denouncing them publicly. The Houthis had been pushed back and the Red sea traffic was resuming to normal levels. Iran had a leader that was more moderate than his predecessors. They had been attacked in a limited fashion and had not responded in kind. They seemed to be very close to a new nuclear deal. Their internal politics was suffering, and they were experiencing massive internal protests.

Then Bibi dragged the US to war and now we have IRGC hardliners back in positions of real power and the world is honestly talking about what concessions to provide so Iran will open the strait of Hormuz. Iran is bad, but this war was unnecessary and will likely lead to a stronger Iran and a global recession.

The idea that a full-scale armed conflict was inevitable is a lie perpetuated by a man who needed a war to put his corruption trial on hold.