Iran Bloodied, Israel Scourged — US Prepares for War
The Pentagon’s Gamble • Global Order’s Crucible
By the iron law of repetition — Gaza razed, Yemen pounded, Syria splintered, Iraq neutered, West Bank cowed, Hezbollah decapitated — a nuclear armed Israel, deluded by its own prepotence and led by a leader with Faustian ambition, gambled all; launching a war against Iran, ostensibly over Tehran’s civilian nuclear programme.
Yet this war transcends a contest for regional hegemony. The world order now balances on the arête of Iran’s survival — a death knell for Western hegemony, already reeling from NATO’s defeat in Ukraine, or a hammer blow to the rising multipolar world. For the great powers — America, China, Russia — the stakes are decisive.
The current operational picture remains obscured by the fog of war; the full scope of destruction may never be known. That said, confirmed Israeli strikes have systematically targeted Iran’s critical sectors: nuclear research facilities, energy infrastructure (South Pars, Fajr Jam, Shahran, Shahr Rey), and national transport and trade nodes — port…
