Impulsive decision-making and the exclusion of cabinet-level expertise led to a unilateral war effort primarily shaped by foreign influence and gut instinct.
Browsing: Paul R. Pillar
Conflicting U.S.-Israeli war aims and Israel’s doctrine of perpetual military dominance risk trapping Washington in an open-ended conflict with no clear endgame
Younger Americans oppose Israeli dominance. Carlson and Kent rebel. US and Israeli objectives diverge. Normalization could be war’s silver lining.
Trump bombs US-Arab relations back to 1970s: war destroys détente, oil at $100. US mired in self-made morass.
Trump’s war on Iran is illegal aggression, launched while diplomacy was making progress, damaging U.S. credibility.
While the world watches Gaza and Iran, Israel is quietly annexing the West Bank—with American support.
Trump’s “Board of Peace” is a farce: Phase One was never implemented, and reality, not panels, governs Gaza.
Israel is the main source of instability in the Middle East; the U.S. must fundamentally reappraise its relationship with Israel.