Snitz explains how Israel needs to avoid Iran’s trap (& isn’t)
Who’s Israel’s real enemy? Who engineered the Gaza attack and provided funding? Yup, Iran. Why were they interested in brutally killing women and children? To elicit a response that would fracture the closening ties between the Jewish State and its Arab neighbors. Iran is deathly afraid of being isolated and doesn’t want the Jews getting along with its Arab competitors. BTW, Iran a Shi’i Arab state has no love for other Arab nations, most of whom are Sunni Muslims.
Hamas and Hezbollah are simply terrorist military arms of Iran, and reducing Gaza to rubble accomplishes little if you don’t curtail Iran’s aggression. Iran can find new Hamas clones to do it’s bidding. My thoughts on a possible solution:
You need to play a long game and avoid the same mistake the US did after 9/11. Remember how our response in Iraq and Afghanistan worked out?
Israel needs to avoid killing large numbers of innocent Palestinians who are also terrorized under Hamas rule. That’s critical…no matter what.
Israel needs to be willing to bomb any Iranian sites where weapons-grade Uranium is being produced. Iran is unique as the globe’s only state more likely than not to use a nuclear weapon (if available to them). They get one, game over.
Iran will continue to sponsor terrorism and be a rouge state so long as they reap huge oil profits (which have incidentally risen 1000% in the past 36 months). Where is Iran’s source of cash? China, who desperately needs energy. If we don’t find a way to cut off (or threaten to cut off Iran’s funds) game over. Our sanctions thus far have done nothing.
There is no alternative but to work with China to create stability in the Middle East. Does China want this? Yes in my opinion. Will they play ball so long as we promise to provide them oil in Iran’s place? Yes, while we may not like each other, they are our largest (along with Mexico) trading partner. We are joined at the hip. We can Xi Jinping much more than Iran (which is a limited use to China).
Putin as a fly in the ointment or a possible asset. Putin’s won the war and is now China’s #1 energy supplier. Until Putin gets the Donbas and reaches a deal with Ukraine, China is not going to forge an energy peace in the Middle East.
For a variety of reasons, the US needs to stop funding the Ukraine war, wrap it up and work with China/Russia to stabilize the Middle East and cut off Iran’s funds (or threaten to).
Will this work? I can guarantee what won’t work, continuing to allow Iran to sell $50 billion of oil per year to fund terrorism.
In the meantime, Israel needs to play the long game and not let anger dictate it’s falling into an Iranian tr
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