The ongoing war against Iran has raised a number of important issues: the ability of air power alone to achieve regime change, the ethics and effectiveness of targeting Iran’s leaders, the question of how much damage the war will cause in the region and what its effects will be around the globe.

But largely overlooked has been a historic development: The rise of a full-blown warfighting alliance between Israel and the U.S.

That alliance has been a gradual, bipartisan achievement of U.S. policy. It may preview the future of U.S. alliance ties around the world. And by binding closer together a regional military hegemon and a global superpower, that alliance has put America and Israel in a commanding position to remake the Middle East.

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