EVERY war has a visible front line and an invisible one. The visible front in this conflict spans the skies of the Middle East, where successive waves of Iranian drones and missiles currently test the air defences of a US-Israeli coalition that expected a quick, surgical victory.
The invisible front runs through the corridors of power in Tehran and Washington, where two parallel transformations that will outlast any ceasefire or missile count are underway.
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