The US attack on Iran , will NOT be limited. Trump’s claim of limited strikes is not credible- the build up is far to great in the area to think that could be realistic.
This would depend on how other nations participate, what other nations participate etc., But Trump is all in.
Iran is located in an important area for China’s belt and road/new silk road
Iran is and has long been set for balkanization so the Usrael PKK and their other alphabet groups PJAK etc.,as well as the MEK, can steal territory and resources in a replay of Syria- Israel is making clear Turkey is next- of course it has to be to remake the MENA area, same as was done after WW2

I’ve written multiple times here and at my censored site about McKinder and the world island – Also Spykman and the Rimland theory
Some of this is at play in the need to attack Iran and block China, Russia, India on the continent..

https://ras-nsa.ca/mackinder-models-and-the-new-silk-road-a-deceiving-tool/

“Other authors see in China’s projects the proof of the validity of Mackinder’s theory: “China’s cooperation with Russia, its Belt and Road Initiative, its growing presence in the Indian Ocean and Africa, and its burgeoning sea power are evidence of Mackinder’s prophetic powers” (Sempa, 2019).”

Feel free to agree or disagree, but, an element of these two theories have played a role in the remake of the region prior to but particularly after the US invaded and destroyed Iraq (which is for all intents and purposes already broken up)

Read

“” similar posture seems to contribute to contemporary Western fears over the BRI’s land strategy, which is consistent with:

…an American tradition of focusing on map-based geopolitical and geostrategic thinking. This ‘cartohypnosis’ goes back to Halford Mackinder’s portrayal of the Eurasian landmass as the global ‘Heartland’. Stemming from Mackinder’s geopolitics, the idea of needing to prevent the Soviet Union from controlling this ‘Heartland’ […] governed much of American strategy during the Cold War […]. Thus, it is understandable that the BRI (Belt and Road Initiative) could easily be seen by Americans thinking in this tradition as a Chinese ‘great game’ intended to extend its geopolitical influence westward (Garlick, 2020, p.110).

I’ve long been of the opinion this is the CRUX of the US plan to maintain it’s global hegemony

A word for Canadians

“”For Canadian scientists and government analysts, an effective approach to China’s ‘New Silk Road’ development strategy must take into account the specifics of the present BRI, of 21st century Asia, and consider the following…””

Including one point

“”The BRI is an opportunistic development strategy that integrates many economic sectors (including, for example, transportation, telecommunications, energy, health, tourism, education, and culture) in various regions”

Canada should look for opportunities to expand trade etc., into the area, with the people and nations.. IMO

Cutting to the chase- Not limited strikes. The US and Israel are looking to devastate Iran and kill as many people within Iran’s borders as they can
Then it will be resource grabbing and impeding China and Russia as well as other nations in the area

Birth Pangs- I’ve written about them for a very long time now- as all this has preceded in plain sight