US Presidential Elections + Israeli Strikes Demonstrates Limits of Western Military Might

US Presidential Elections + Israeli Strikes Demonstrates Limits of Western Military Might

• US presidential elections have little consequence because the actual special interests driving foreign policy remain in power;

• US military power around the globe is in decline, meaning that withdrawal from conflicts is more a matter of physical limits than a waning desire for global primacy;

• Iran has developed a ballistic missile force and asymmetrical military power capable of checking US-Israeli military power in the region;

• Just as the US has used Ukraine to fight a deadly proxy war against Russia, it seeks to use Israel to wage proxy war against Iran;

• Because Israel possesses nuclear weapons, the danger of US proxy war in the Middle East is more dangerous, and as US desperation outgrows a sense of consequences for its actions, the danger increases even more;

For more information on why US elections have no impact on US foreign/domestic policy:

Who Really Controls US Foreign Policy?

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Who Really Controls US Foreign Policy?

NEO – Israeli Strikes Demonstrates Limits of Western Military Might (Nov. 5, 2024):

Israeli Strikes Demonstrates Limits of Western Military Might

Resources:

Brookings Institution – Which Path to Persia? Options for a New American Strategy toward Iran (2009):
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/…

NYT – Timeline: The Israel-Iran Shadow War Moves Into the Open (Oct. 25, 2024):
https://www.nytimes.com/article/israe…

AA – Iran accuses US of ‘complicity’ in Israel’s anticipated attack by providing ‘advanced weaponry’ (Oct. 22, 2024):
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/…

NPR – Satellite images show dozens of Iranian missiles struck near Israeli air base (Oct. 4, 2024):
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/04/nx-s1-…

NBC News – Satellite images show damage at Iran military sites after Israel attack (Oct. 30, 2024):
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/sa…

NYT – Satellite Images Suggest Israel Struck a Major Iranian Missile Plant (Oct. 29, 2024):
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/29/wo…

Reuters – Exclusive: Satellite photos show Iran expanding missile production, sources say (July 2024):
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-…

EuroNews – Tehran’s missile count significantly depleted after strike on Israel, reports claim (Oct. 10, 2024):
https://www.euronews.com/2024/10/10/t…

NYT – Iranian Officials Threaten Retaliation for Israeli Strikes (Oct. 31, 2024):
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/wo…