I think he's suggesting that Israel (and pro-Israeli shills) didn't think they'd take such a beating.
I actually disagree. They knew what Iran had (based on that dry run scenario some time ago where they saw what Iran had ... or a lot of it). In addition, their spy network is second to none. They KNEW that they would take damage, lose lives ... and they planned for it. And they're perfectly fine with letting some Jews die for the cause. In fact, during the October 7 incident, MOST of the Israeli casualties were actually caused by "friendly" IDF fire (as revealed by Israeli journalists) ... and they were firing indiscriminately, probably in fact looking to exacerbate the situation to whip up public outrage.
They planned up front to drag the US into this. Next step will be fαℓѕє fℓαg terror attacks ... most likely on US soil (though perhaps attacking a warship, but I think less likely than directly in the US).
Trump was practically giving the "Go" signal when he said: "US will not get involved unless we're attacked. Hint. Hint. Nudge. Nudge. Wink. Wink [ala LBJ]".
In retrospect, do we think that Musk made those comments about Trump on the Epstein list out of the blue, just because he had some bad weed? No. In retrospect, the timing was not coincidental. That was a direct threat against Trump. If you don't go along with attacking Iran, your involvement in Epstein (whether real or fabricated ... as they can do either one just as effectively) ... will come out, and you will go down and spend the rest of your life in jail.