After 30+ years of escalation dominance, there is now outrage that Iran is retaliating against targets that have not been approved by the US. It makes perfect sense that the states hosting the US military that attacked Iranian energy facilities would then have their own energy facilities attacked. Yet, there is an assumption that the US should dictate the terms of the war: when it begins, the participants, acceptable targets for Iran to retaliate against, and most importantly, when and how the war comes to an end. The delusion of escalation dominance also puts Europe at risk - the Europeans believe they can strike Russia (for example the Storm Shaddow attack on Bryansk), yet Russia is not allowed to bring the war to Europe.