Middle East
If Israel goes it alone is it risking another 'Suez'?
Israel doesn't typically wage foreign wars without direct US assistance. One time it did, against Eisenhower's wishes in 1956, and it paid a price.
June 19, 2025
Israel doesn't typically wage foreign wars without direct US assistance. One time it did, against Eisenhower's wishes in 1956, and it paid a price.
Facts on the ground and its leaders' own words bear this out. The question is, how much will be shepherded by Washington?
The new Sunni leader has no template, as the century has been riddled with colonial rule, military rivalries, and then dictatorship
Washington is dealing on a completely different plane than Tel Aviv, which has never supported Arab sovereignty, period
Washington offers little but ineffective bromides as Israel shapes 'the day after.'