Watching US Foreign Policy unfold since Ayatollah Khomeini's return to Iran in 1979 has been arduous. The Iranian drive toward tactical nuclear weapons places an expiry date on all Israeli cities and Sunni Arab cities with economic or defense value. Those of us outside the inner sanctum of US Dept of Defense, US State Dept, and US Centra…
Watching US Foreign Policy unfold since Ayatollah Khomeini's return to Iran in 1979 has been arduous. The Iranian drive toward tactical nuclear weapons places an expiry date on all Israeli cities and Sunni Arab cities with economic or defense value. Those of us outside the inner sanctum of US Dept of Defense, US State Dept, and US Central Intelligence could be left to conclude that Israel and Sunni States are expendable pieces on the chessboard. The evolution of US-NATO/Russian-Chinese tactical nuclear weapon use seems to have rendered historical family roots (be they in Ukraine, the Middle East) obsolete. Apologies if this seems overly pessimistic, but nuclear strategy/policy is driven by major nuclear powers' survival goals.
Watching US Foreign Policy unfold since Ayatollah Khomeini's return to Iran in 1979 has been arduous. The Iranian drive toward tactical nuclear weapons places an expiry date on all Israeli cities and Sunni Arab cities with economic or defense value. Those of us outside the inner sanctum of US Dept of Defense, US State Dept, and US Central Intelligence could be left to conclude that Israel and Sunni States are expendable pieces on the chessboard. The evolution of US-NATO/Russian-Chinese tactical nuclear weapon use seems to have rendered historical family roots (be they in Ukraine, the Middle East) obsolete. Apologies if this seems overly pessimistic, but nuclear strategy/policy is driven by major nuclear powers' survival goals.