US-Israel Inch Toward Wider, More Dangerous War (TheNewAtlas)

US-Israeli Aggression Across the Middle East

Following Iran’s missile barrage in the beginning of October, initial reports of “minimal damage” have given way to admissions of much more serious damage;

Iran may have over 3,000 missiles and is reportedly expanding production even further;

Israel possesses air defenses capable of intercepting Iranian missiles, but do not exist in the volumes necessary to prevent saturation by large-scale attacks and may not exist in large enough quantities to outlast waves of Iranian missile strikes;

Iran lacks significant conventional offensive military power and instead relies on asymmetrical networks across the region to keep US-Israeli aggression at a distance;

Iran’s extensive missile forces serve as a deterrence meant to raise the cost of US-Israeli military aggression across the region, but is not capable of “destroying” Israel;

The US and Israel lack the conventional military capabilities required to “destroy” Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, or Iran as viable nation-states, but do possess significant stockpiles of nuclear weapons;



The military analysis is good but there's a problem with the political analysis of who is controlling who when it comes to Middle East politics. It's actually the Israeli lobbyists that are the tail wagging the US dog in this situation. Otherwise, when it comes to military capabilities, this clip is right on the money.

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, October 17, 2024.]