Sunday, June 22, 2025

Underneath Bibi and Baby

And by "Baby" I mean Taco Trump. Here in Israel, despite Baby's aggressive intervention, after another torrent of Iranian rockets has just come down overhead, it still does not feel like peace.

To argue that there can be no peace between Israel and Iran is nonsensical. Less than 50 years ago the two countries had friendly relations. It was only aftrr the Shah was deposed by religious extremists that the situation deteriorated. So the problem with Iran is not the people of that country or its technological accomplishments but rather its regime. Of course, regime change is a very difficult task - obviously much harder than just eliminating some nuclear enrichment plants - but that is what is required. And, personally, I think there were far better ways - less destructive and more effective - to achieve that goal than warfare. Politicians will always seize any excuse to praise themselves and trash their opponents. But regime change could have been pursued in a far less costly fashion by friendly means... obviously not friendly to the current Iranian regime, but friendly to the Iranian people. It is said that when elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. Caught between Bibi, Baby, and Khamenei, we are all of us the "children of Gaza".

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