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• Role of US-Israel relations
• Israel's 'warning' conundrum
• US uncertainty
• 'Red lines' for intervention
• Israeli red lines?
• US red lines
• Mode of attack
• Israeli targets
• Israel's tactical limitations
• Poor Iranian defences
• Israeli missiles
• Iranian retaliation
• NPT withdrawal
• Conventional missiles
• Militant groups
• 'Oil weapon'
• Saudi front
• Proxy wars?
• Extra-regional terrorism
• Attacks on US targets?
• US responses
• Diplomatic
• Military
• Scenario alterations over time
• Away from 'regime change'
• Stronger Israeli defences

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