The Sound Of One Iron Fist Clapping

"All of Israel at the moment is praising and lording the technical feats on the 13th of June. That Mossad had sent their agents in and were blowing up things in Iran, and that they had assassinated nearly eight or four of the line commanders of the Iranian military, and killed or murdered all of these scientists in their homes. And there's a great celebration about it, but they missed the point. 

Was it tactically a success? Was it professionally done? Yes. But it failed. It was a complete failure, because, yes, it did take Iran partly by surprise, but they thought it would break the spine of Iran, and, instead, a shield has emerged. A shield of real passion amongst Iranians, and a real sense, at all levels, of resolution. To go ahead and to proceed, and no sense of wanting support, for negotiating with the West, or seeing the IAEA come in again to try and supervise their process."

- Alastair Crooke, former British Diplomat