If there ever was a strategy behind Donald Trump’s decision to blow up the Middle East, it is lying in tatters as the second week of the Iran war draws to a close.
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I’ve tried explaining this to people but it doesn’t get traction.
Israel wants to be the major power in the Middle East, the only way that’s possible is to keep Iran as low powered as possible.
Sure, in theory they would want the Iranian people to thrive, but that would require the Iranian economy to thrive and Israel would see that as a competition.
Like they encourage Egyptians and Jordanians to thrive?