New Delhi, June 22 -- Now that the United States has entered Israel's war against Iran by bombing Iranian nuclear installations, the future will hinge on their ability and willingness to put boots on the ground.

There is little doubt that Iran's ruling clerics have not only been defeated, but also shown up to be incompetent. They caused Iran to suffer the pain of US sanctions for over two decades but Iran is nowhere close to a nuclear bomb. The regime's approach of using terrorist, sub-conventional and state proxies in Hamas, Hezbollah and Syria has come undone. Iranian missiles and drones have caused some damage in Israel but not enough to deter Tel Aviv from stepping up its attacks.

That, however, does not mean that the US and Israel ...