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Could be another urban legend either way, whether bunker-busters, iron-dooms, etc work or not. We shall soon know for sure, this side of mid-July.
We shall likely soon find out because whatever is happening now cannot last long as either Iran has or has not the missiles to attrition away beyond a few weeks, Israel can or cannot win technical fight within same few weeks, all before attrition sets in, even as attrition already tee-ed up
Enough notebooks are open and pens at the ready all around the planet
Wars are difficult to execute according to plans because plans are plans
Am thinking Trump needs to at least do air war and fast to, again, at least, try to win for real
Israel / US must destroy Iran’s nuclear everything in time but even if successful then what?
Regime-change must happen, if not by forces within Iran then US ground forces necessary, a tall order as Team US staging difficult and am doubtful Team Europe has what it takes to do another meaning willing coalition
A guess, Ukraine gets dropped by Team USA and not get picked up by Team Europe.
Dunno about the Trump trade war against Europe, and don’t know about the NATO trade war against China
Whilst it is impossible to get along without rare earths during peace time, it is not possible to do without rare earths during war time.
Then there are the issues of debt rollover, mid-term elections, silver stockpiles, etc etc making planning complicated for the art of the deal approach