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
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Washington must abandon apocalyptic ideological narratives and restore geopolitical rationality to prevent a catastrophic, multi-front regional conflict from destabilizing the global order.
Israeli restrictions on the Holy Sepulchre and Al-Aqsa Mosque highlight a colonial architecture of control that weaponizes security to dictate religious access.
“The war is not a debacle. It is a dilemma. Operationally, it is going well; the United States retains multiple pathways forward.”
“The cruelty of piling misery onto people’s lives in the hope of forcing them to topple their government will not work.”
“Bravado is not a substitute for strategy, and a dream of regional dominance is not a security policy.”
Netanyahu postures as a modern-day conqueror, yet his “Iron Wall” of force is a derivative power that would collapse without American support.
Strategic ambiguity and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz are forcing the Trump administration to weigh escalation against attrition.
Netanyahu’s actions reflect a long-standing Israeli military and colonial doctrine rather than a radical departure from past leadership.
Gaza proved decapitation fails. Iran has strategic levers Israel wants chaos. Trump is losing control of the war.