Trump stops invasion, ending Israel's plan to topple Iran's government

3 articles · Updated · attackofthefanboy.com · May 10

The move came after 40 days of fighting, an Erdogan call and opposition from Vice-President JD Vance, Marco Rubio and CIA Director John Ratcliffe.
The report says Kurdish forces were hours from crossing the border when Trump halted the operation, while expected anti-regime protests in Iran failed to materialise.
It portrays a plan revived by Benjamin Netanyahu in 2023 and developed with Mossad backing as collapsing early, fuelling debate over Israel's influence in Washington and the strategy's realism.

How did a single phone call from Turkey derail the multi-year US-Israeli plan to topple the Iranian government?

With Iran's leader dead but the regime intact, was the covert war a strategic failure or a tactical victory?