The Gulf War, Saddam used Scud missiles to attack Israel, hoping to force Israel to retaliate and transform the war from a conflict aimed at restoring Kuwait's sovereignty involving Arab countries into a war between Arab nations (Muslims) and Israel (Jews). However, due to the U.S. quickly deploying Patriot missiles and working with Israel, Saddam's plan failed.
However, Iraq had support from the PLO back then, while Iran is now very isolated in the Islamic world, even the Hamas of the Resistance Axis has criticized it for attacking Gulf countries.
Indeed, Iran's expansion of the scope of its attacks not only leads to its isolation during the war but also causes related countries to rely more on the United States for security after the war. They did suffer attacks because they aligned with the United States, but why did they align with the United States? Actually, since 1979, Iran has been basically in an adversarial relationship with the Arab world, which provided a natural opportunity for the United States to intervene in Middle Eastern security. Compared to the security pressure brought by neighboring Iran, the risk of aligning with the United States is acceptable. After this war, Gulf countries will have even more fear of Iran. Of course, besides relying on the United States, they will also accelerate the development of their own anti-drone capabilities, especially through cooperation with Ukraine.
Does Iran not know the consequences of expanding the scope of its attacks? Of course, it does. But it can't help it. If it doesn't expand the scope of its attacks and only engages in symmetric warfare with the US and Israel, Iran would definitely lose. By spreading the fire and bringing more factors into the game, showing a posture of mutual destruction, at least it will make Trump think twice.
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Original: toutiao.com/article/1859871212848140/
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