10 Questions/Worries about this War |
I have been thinking a lot about this war as we enter its third week. Below are some of the questions and issues on my mind.
The current USA-Israel war against Iran will most likely not achieve its over-ambitious goals of “regime change” or “destruction (“obliteration”) of Iran‘s nuclear capability or” eliminating” all their ballistic missiles. It will diminish these threats but will probably not eliminate them. Therefore, none of the so-called “goals” of this war are likely to be achieved. This will leave Israelis and Americans disillusioned with their leaders once again!
Israel’s citizens cannot live with continual war and no diplomacy. 220,000 Israelis have left the country during the last 3 years! The best and the brightest! More will leave if these wars never end. They will not want to bring up their children under conditions of forever war! Diplomacy is what is need right now, especially between Israel and Lebanon, to prevent a useless escalation of the war there.
Is Iran really an “existential threat” to Israel? Or was Hamas? Or is Hezbollah? What does “existential threat” mean? Is North Korea an existential threat to Europe and America? Maybe they should do a preemptive strike against them? Same with India and Pakistan! Etc., etc. If Israel is always under this kind of threat, should we be attacking all our enemies until we have wiped them all out?!? This is a tall order!
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