John Kirby says U.S. working to prevent 'all-out war' in Middle East amid rising tensions

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15. Lack of certainty shouldn't mean let's just continue or start new wars.

Of course there are no guarantees. But Hezbollah would be as stupid as Hamas - who we are told keep hiding among civilians they surely should know by now won't protect them - to keep firing at Israel after a ceasefire. Which, I suppose is possible. But the retaliation would be swift and final. No more rockets.

Yes, they should all agree to a ceasefire. Offer one and see. It's always been in Israel's court.

When it comes to Iran, Israel does not have clean hands either. They've both been waging proxy wars in one way or another. All those issues are not going away any time soon. The thing now is to prevent a hot war that will cost the whole region and worse.