It used to be easy during times of both war and peace to delineate between one's friends and one's enemies, but it does not seem to be that way anymore, at least not in regards to our and Israel's current war with Iran. Sadly, our friends, allies, and enemies are not only subject to change, but actually in some instances have indeed changed.
Gone are the days like when in World War II America's closest allies included not only the United Kingdom, but both the Soviet Union (now Russia) and China as well, and yet today Russia and China are our enemies so to speak, as is Iran thanks to the Islamic Revolution of 1979. And Iran, the very country who before the war we now find ourselves in, was under the Shah's rule a very pro-western and pro-American country. Also during said war, Germany, Italy, and Japan were our enemies, yet now they are some of our closest allies.
Odd how alliances do change in what seems to be on whim, yet some stand strong with America no matter the issues at hand, One case in point is the Jewish State of Israel, the only democracy and true friend to the United States in the entirety of the Middle East region. And we now together with Israel's “Operation Roaring Lion,” and our own“Operation Epic Fury,” hope that Iran, for their own good, at least on some level is finally starting to understand who are the real bosses in the region right now.
And while some of Iran's neighboring Arab nations...nations once no friend to Israel and barely a friend to the U.S...are now starting to align with our and Israel's side after having experienced first hand Iran's misplaced fury...a fury consisting of Iran and/or one of its proxy armies, lobbing missiles and drones into civilian and industrial areas of their countries. And if this alone did not wake up their people to the reality we and they currently face, then they should at least consider the fact that their countries leaders are tired of Iran's continuing threats voiced against them by the radical regime in Tehran, which itself actually does add credence to why this new and growing in number alliance mix is starting to take hold.
In fact, this new Middle East alliance is being forged not just with the U.S. but with Israel as well. For example, Saudi Arabia is now not just forging a defense pact with Pakistan and the UAE...one of the original signers of the “Abraham Accords”...but is also forging a defense partnership with India as well...the same India that now has open ties with Israel...the very same Israel that the Saudi government now sees as having a potential shift towards formal relations and normalized ties with the Middle East.
Simply, a quantum shift in Middle East alliances is indeed unequivocally now forming...alliances that are not solely dependent on the U.S. to police the goings on and happenings in the region, but are alliances that are unified together to willingly help keep Iran in check after the war does come to an end...alliances that will help assure the betterment of the region long after we are finally militarily gone, but still with a much deserved modicum of so-called “skin in the game.”
And this latest alliance turn of events...if it does lastingly hold...indeed bodes well for the Iranian “freedom fighters” even while their true freedom has not yet been achieved. Why so...because they know that the governmental chaos they are now bearing witness to not only comes courtesy of Israel and the U.S., but that Israel itself has been highly successful in “taking out” the regime's islamist leaders one by one...something not unlike the proverbial falling of a carelessly stacked deck of playing cards.
And when you couple that with the fact that some of Iran's more modernized Arab neighbors are themselves now starting to understand that it is way past time to not only put the old rivalries, hatred of Israel and Jews, and past conflicts aside, but that the long hoped for diplomatic shifts the region itself is now seeing, truly does reflect what appears to be a strong desire for normalization agreements, stability, economic cooperation, and strategic alignment not just with key world powers, but will help in gaining both regional and economic stability. Simply, to basically reset, in full, the overall region's economic foundation if you will...and that said reset would actually become the jump off point upon which freedom itself can finally be garnered.
And these Arab nations know well that when freedom is coupled with economic stability that not only will the country of Iran gain entry into the 21st century world, but so too will the people of Iran...something unfairly denied them for the past 47 long and arduous years.
So while all this is truly something to hope for...something that if it does become tomorrow's reality we still will find others, like our aforementioned former World War II allies now enemies like China and Russia, continuing to work against peace as they vie for influence in the Middle East as well as in our own western hemisphere. And with that being the case, we find some now questioning these new emerging Middle East alliances as they juggle the options between peace and war...questioning not only how said stabilization would logistically occur, but how said alliances would actually effect what are the current geopolitical alliances...whether it be for better or for worse.
And with that said, case now closed.
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We all know that war itself is expensive not just in lives lost, injuries incurred, and of course dollars and cents spent, but also in the public relations aspect of each side spewing what they consider to be their own personal version of morality driven truths, with said truths...actually said lies...being pushed ever forward courtesy of both vocal and media written propaganda. In fact, the very nature of war if not sold to the public as being both rightful and just can actually undermine a given nation's pre-war claim of having attained global leadership, or at the very least being in said leadership's top tier pecking order.
And no matter how hard the behind the scenes second tier players try to hide behind ambiguity and/or selectively chosen silence, the fact remains that in war there never really are actual winners no matter if one side concedes to the other or not. Why so...because while the physical fighting might finally end, the mental anguish and pain over the multitude of blood lost remains long after peace is made and the rebuilding of what once was commences yet again.
And while this particular war, at times, does seem to sit on the precipice of possibly becoming a dirty (as in nuclear or biological) played war...it is also a war whose ramifications go well beyond just the obvious dollars and cents cost of missiles and aircraft, or even that of lives currently being lost.
And to that effect President Trump has stated on more than one occasion that one of the main objectives of our going to war with Iran was and still is to prevent them from ever developing a nuclear weapon. And here it's important to remember, as I previously stated in this article, that we might well now be balancing on the shaky precipice of what could well become a dirty war played. In fact, the threat of a nuclear driven World War III has never been as great as it is right now, for the caged animal that is Iran still has friends in both Russia and China...two nuclear armed countries that not only depend on Iran for their oil, but are indeed two countries that don't really like us at all.
And second is the all important fact that Iran’s stockpile of 972 pounds of highly enriched uranium...uranium enriched at 60% weapons grade which is enough for at least 11 nuclear bombs...still has not been physically secured by either us or by Israel. And that remains a key touch point in the scope of how this war will eventually play out.
In fact, in addition to Tulsi Gabbard's words, one Oded Ailam, a former head of the Mussad's Counter-terrorism Division stated that, “the uranium might well be effectively trapped beneath one of last summer's collapsed underground facilities infrastructure.” In other words, as per Ailam, the uranium is and will probably permanently remain trapped in sealed vaults of rubble and heavily reinforced concrete...adding that,“Extracting enriched uranium is an engineering, logistical and chemical nightmare that makes even the most complex operations in history look like a school field trip.”
Makes perfect sense now doesn't it, except for the fact that what appears to be Iran's truth on the surface can never be trusted to actually be the truth, which is exactly why President Trump's prime objective of preventing Iran from ever possessing nuclear weapons is indeed rightful justification for us having gone to war with Iran...and the naysayers...the Democrats and wayward Republicans be damned.
Simply, this war has never really been about the economics of oil no matter the naysayers whining, nor is it a religious war of attrition against islam, for this war at its crux has always been about the threat a nuclear armed Iran poses not just to Middle East peace but to us all. And while some still say that this war is evolving into but a test of economic endurance coupled with a show of military muscle and strength, I say this war is actually an exercise in how “absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
And said accusations, at times, saw these rival factions actually engaging in publicly displayed attacks against each other as the country was sinking into ever deepening instability as the protests were not only continuing to grow in number, but were being viewed worldwide as they were happening.
In fact, as the protesters...as the Iranian people...were begging both for help and for freedom, we on the outside were actually bearing witness to how “absolute power” not only “corrupts absolutely,” but how “absolute” Khamenei's power was in his not just in trying to merely silence dissenting voices, but in his and his regime's power to murder...to execute...those voices as well.
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