It's simpler than this: Israel benefits from Iran needing to spend large amounts of money on its own infrastructure and civilian needs, rather than on military development. Getting a larger country (the US) to create those money sinks (in the form of a broadly unserious conflict) achieves that outcome.

(The irony being that this is Iran's strategy w/r/t Hormuz as well.)

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mikewarot an hour ago | parent [-]

> Israel benefits from Iran needing to spend large amounts of money on its own infrastructure and civilian needs, rather than on military development.

Yeah, but the rest of the world is now going to pay for that, and more, with the $2million toll on oil through the Straight of Hormuz.

	▲	woodruffw an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Yes, to be clear that wasn't a normative (as in "this is good") appraisal.