Play audio 1XChange playback rate from 1 to 1 Mute audio The war broke out because the Iranians wanted to test U.S. President Joe Biden’s support for Israel as part of their preparations for negotiating a return to the nuclear deal. They kept their strong card, Hezbollah, while pushing their weak cards – Hamas and Islamic Jihad – to open fire. In this experiment, it became clear that Israel had impressive intelligence and operational capabilities but a very short diplomatic rope. Biden played the good cop for a few days, but then capitulated to the bad cop – the Democratic Party, whose representatives in Congress are threatening to delay the sale of bunker buster bombs to Israel.