just a raid and get the Foxtrot out

If we dump on Iran tomorrow with a raid, is it just a raid to destroy their nukes, or, is it indeed the first phase of a war ?

Why is a raid then so defined as a military act when our politicians do it every swingin' day and we pay the dear price of repairing "it" ?

As a former feeble military servant, it seems to me that a military raid and its outcome is no different than politics with potentially high costs to all in terms of casualties, civilian damage and economic disruption.

Fuchs: A political raid ?