Less than a week ago, when we were all posting predictions on the latest peace deal, I posted this
"Israel will level another apartment building in Lebanon, and Trump will say it was fair game."
Well here'the latest:
TLDR: Israel attacked Lebanon when ceasefire was in effect.
So here's the cycle:
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Trump proposes peace deal to open the Straight, which includes all sides ending hostilities
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Iran blusters and rejects it citing continued attacks on their funded paramilitaries, before begrudgingly accepting it
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Israel gets big mad that the peace deal is not regime change and carpet bombs another neighborhood across the border
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Iran (correctly) complains that the peace deal was violated, and the war is back on
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GOTO 1
Step 3 is clearly the problematic link. Any non-compromised leader would cut off the rogue party to break the cycle.
I am not inherently anti-Israel, but in the last year, maybe two, but especially the last, it has become increasingly clear they need to be cut off cold turkey and be told the make their own way until they learn to be a team player, and they are not the star player on any team.
Any benefit we used to get from there being and angry chihuahua in the Middle East has been counter acted by their constant sabotage of active negotiations. The chihuahua needs to learn to sit or learn how to catch its own rats for food.
As a side note, It has also become increasingly clear that they are using the US as a dumping ground for Arabs.
But due to this becoming increasingly clear, it is even more jarring that congress has been trying to force us closer to Israel. Part of this is lobbying like AIPAC but a good part of it is possibly old fashioned not being in touch with their constituents.(As people were frankly more pro-Israel two years ago than they are now, and not just on this site)
Texas voters just ousted three incumbent congressman in the primaries, and all three were AIPAC's donation preference. (Tony Gonzales by alot) Hopefully that at least sends a message that AIPAC dollars are not a silver bullet and they at least need to try to satisfy the actual voters.
Now imagine that chihuahua was walking you with a dog leash, and there you have the US-Israel relationship.