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:

The New Atlas - Who Really Controls US Foreign Policy? (August 9, 2024):
https://youtu.be/p-MvPLV1Rf8?si=EDTjXnhM5Oi7KDOc

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NEO - Israeli Strikes Demonstrates Limits of Western Military Might (Nov. 5, 2024):
https://journal-neo.su/2024/11/05/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/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf
NYT - Timeline: The Israel-Iran Shadow War Moves Into the Open (Oct. 25, 2024):
https://www.nytimes.com/article/israel-iran-conflict-history.html
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/iran-accuses-us-of-complicity-in-israels-anticipated-attack-by-providing-advanced-weaponry/3369611
NPR - Satellite images show dozens of Iranian missiles struck near Israeli air base (Oct. 4, 2024):
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/04/nx-s1-5140058/satellite-images-dozens-iranian-missiles-struck-near-israeli-air-base
NBC News - Satellite images show damage at Iran military sites after Israel attack (Oct. 30, 2024):
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/satellite-images-show-damage-iran-military-sites-israel-attack-rcna177552
NYT - Satellite Images Suggest Israel Struck a Major Iranian Missile Plant (Oct. 29, 2024):
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/29/world/middleeast/israel-strikes-iran-shahroud-space-center.html
Reuters - Exclusive: Satellite photos show Iran expanding missile production, sources say (July 2024):
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/satellite-photos-show-iran-expanding-missile-production-sources-say-2024-07-08/
EuroNews - Tehran's missile count significantly depleted after strike on Israel, reports claim (Oct. 10, 2024):
https://www.euronews.com/2024/10/10/tehrans-missile-count-significantly-depleted-after-strike-on-israel-reports-claim
NYT - Iranian Officials Threaten Retaliation for Israeli Strikes (Oct. 31, 2024):
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/world/middleeast/iran-threatens-retaliation-israel-strikes.html

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