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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