Israel and the Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu have given the impression that they want to end the Iranian Islamic regime with their ongoing campaign against Iran. Israel has not only struck Iran’s nuclear sites in Isfahan and Natanz, it has also eliminated Iran’s top military’ command conducted more than 200 airstrikes against Iranian military facilities, and won the battle over the Iranian skies in a couple of days. While Iran retaliated with ballistic missiles against Israel, the Israeli Premier appealed to Iranians to rise up against their regime.
President Trump has shown considerable indecisiveness on how to react to Israel’s massive attack on Iran. His supposed ally and friend, Bibi Netanyahu caught him off guard and nearly dragged him into a war he did not plan as he urged him to get involved and strike the Iranian regime until it collapses. It was probably the first time that many of his MAGA and Republican Party members disagreed with him publicly since he was elected as Trump embraced the prospect of joining a foreign war. After all, Trump promised he was going to bring peace to the world.
Trump is even embarrassing himself with his own cabinet picks, as his self-interested foreign policy runs like a headless chicken, clashing with the views of his own cabinet members. Not all of his cabinet members want to do Bibi a favour and join his war against Iran. Some, like the Director of National Intelligence, the Russian asset Tulsi Gabbard, is even very appeasing to the Supreme Leader of Iran.
Iran’s nuclear site at the underground Fordow site seems to be still intact. It’s civilian plant in Bushehr was not targeted. Iran can even probably create weapon-grade nuclear material thanks to its capabilities at the Fordow site. On the other hand, Iran’s capability of threatening Israel by military means seems to have been diluted considerably as Iran’s retaliation proved largely ineffective except for some symbolic targets – also thanks to the US, the UK and Jordan who helped intercept the ballistic missiles themselves.
Iran is also unable to threaten Israel from the ground. Israel has successfully defeated Iran’s proxy in Lebanon, Hezbollah, and as a result prompting its militias to withdraw from Syria. The withdrawal of the pro-Iranian militias from Syria, enabled (then) Jolani’s forces to swiftly move out of Idlib and defeat Assad’s tatters of an army.
Now, Iran’s missile-launching capabilities have been diluted, its skies are controlled by Israel and Iranian officials who plot and conspire against Israel from Iran are no longer safe. The Axis of Resistance has literally to go underground to survive, yet, this is a defeat of significant proportions. The Axis of Resistance previously projected itself as capable of wielding as much power as a regional power: now, this power has been burnt into ashes and the only thing that can preserve it is the thick rock of the mountains that hide deep inside them military and nuclear sites.
The outcome is very clear: the Axis of Resistance is no longer a regional power. Israel controls the skies in the Near East and effectively has regional-military dominance and superiority. A nuclear weapon is not going to change this scenario, and this fact alone should be enough to reduce Israel’s pretense of attacking Iran over nuclear weapons into insignificance.
Website Editor
Historian and Publisher
Leave a Reply