When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directed his country’s air force to attack Beirut on June 1, the risk that Iran might make good on its threat to retaliate was probably a welcome one for him. Netanyahu has made it abundantly clear that he believes the U.S.-Israel assault on Iran was cut short before it could achieve its goals. He fears that the on-again, off-again talks between Washington and Tehran will leave Iran with its ballistic missile arsenal and proxies intact, as well as