Just saw more footage of Iranian helicopters in the wide open being taken out by Israeli strikes. Mirandi would say they are decoys, but this is a critical question: Are they all decoys being dutifully still taken out by Israel, or are people in Iran’s armed forces being paid to leave planes and helicopters out on the tarmac?

Why can’t Iran still defend its own air space, after nearly a week of this, any more than it could at the outset? Begs the same question: Are people being paid to stand down following the Syria model? Mossad has proven form in Iran already.

Playing this out, it seems a bit more likely that Iran could go the same way as Syria, at this point, than pulling some rabbit out of a hat, but I have an open mind.