Originally Posted by dogle
What if the attacks did not not come from Iran, but from the regime’s trigger-happy Hezbollah proxies in Lebanon? I imagine that a lawyer might have quite a high-quality problem in invoking Art.5 whilst still being unable to identify the adversary beyond doubt.
Hezbollah seems to be a non state actor like Al Qaeda, so the Art 5 thing might not be all that difficult given the precedent. On the other hand, it is a legit political party in Lebanon, so it's not the same case.
Originally Posted by
Hot 'n' High
The issue is Iran hitting back into Europe. It'll not be drones and missiles. Such a response by Iran will bring a whole new slant to this war.
My notional $50 dollar bet in Las Vegas would be on a series of fifth column moves/terrorist attacks/sabotage efforts... accompanied by cyber attacks...which based on which news you read, are already underway.