Some influential US public opinion molders claim that foreign aid to Israel has been extended at the expense of the US taxpayer and US national security. Really? *Israel was compared by Admiral Elmo Zumwalt (a former US’ Chief of Naval Operations) and General Alexander Haig (a former NATO Supreme Commander…
*During June 13-21, 2025, Israel carried out a most complex and successful military offensive against Iran’s Ayatollah regime, which is the epicenter of anti-US global Islamic terrorism and drug trafficking, obliterating Iran’s air force and ground-to-air tracking, jamming and intercepting systems. This Israeli offensive facilitated the June 21, 2025 US bombing of…
Does the US extend to Israel an annual foreign aid of $3.8bn, or does the US make an annual $3.8bn investment in Israel, which yields to the US a Return-on-Investment that exceeds – exponentially – the annual investment? *The US’ power projection – in the Middle East and in the face of Russia and China – has been…
Does the US extend to Israel an annual military foreign aid, or does the US make an annual investment in Israel, which yields to the US taxpayer an annual Return-on-Investment (R-o-I) of a few hundred percent? *Israel was the first country to use the F-35 in combat in (and since) 2018, overcoming critical…
US negotiation vs. Iranian negotiation A self-destructive step undertaken by US negotiators has been the assumption that negotiation with the Ayatollah regime (and any other terroristic regime) can be based on Western negotiation tactics. Contrary to US negotiation tactics, which aim to advance reconciliation, the Ayatollah regime’s 1,400-year-old negotiation tactics are…
The China-Iran-Russia Axis *The 2025 Threat Assessments issued by the US Department of Homeland Security, the FBI and the Director of National Intelligence state: “China, Russia and Iran will remain the most pressing foreign threats to our critical infrastructure…. We expect [non-nuclear] Iran to remain the primary sponsor of terrorism and continue its efforts to advance plots against individuals –…
Is the Ayatollah regime a threat to the US? *It has been claimed that Iran’s Ayatollah regime does not pose a threat to the US, nor would a nuclear Iran. Moreover, it has been suggested that just like a nuclear India, Pakistan and North Korea, a nuclear Iran may be…
*Does US policy toward Iran refrain from – or repeat – past mistakes? *The diplomatic option (negotiation and containment) is effective when conducted between parties, which consider negotiation as a step toward peaceful coexistence. However, as evidenced by its 46-year-old rogue track record (since toppling the pro-US Shah), the Ayatollah…
1. President Trump is not an impartial leader. As expected, he is driven by US interests, determining that Israel’s capabilities and track record have been a unique force and dollar multiplier for the US, commercially and militarily, technologically and operationally. 2. President Trump views Islamic terrorism as a threat to Western democracies, including the US (“The…
*The unpredictable eruption of the Syrian volcano – which could emit molten lava well beyond Syria and the Middle East – sheds light on the following 1,400-year-old features of the radical/fundamentalist segment of the complicated, brutal and frustrating inter Arab/Moslem reality, which are currently menacing every pro-US Arab regime: <Violent unpredictability; <Ruthless despotism;…
According to the State Department’s annual human rights report on Iran: “Iran’s restrictions on human rights worsened in a number of areas during the year….[For instance], transnational repression against individuals, femicide, forced sterilization, early and forced marriage, trafficking in persons, recruitment of child soldiers, worst forms of child labor, violence targeting…
*The October 26, 2024 Israeli Air Force 1,000-mile-offensive against Iran – which was one of the more complex air force offensives since WW2 – highlighted Israel as a unique triple A store and battle-tested innovation center for the US defense and aerospace industries, underscoring the superiority of the US-made F-35, F-16 and F-15 in the…