I'm not sure what his alternative was when Trump indicated a willingness to target Iran. Your description of Trump is, if anything, too kind. I don't believe Netanyahu really trusted him. I think he thought he was managing him. But Trump is truly unmanigable. I trust that Israel is in the process of gaining the ability to survive without direct American weaponry.
Another great scene is when Micheal tells Hyman Roth about seeing a rebel blow himself up rather than be arrested. Michael’s conclusion, “they can win.”
The Abraham Accords may have held but they have also shown their limits as primarily a business arrangement rather than a strategic game changer. The Gulf states have learned that American bases or an alliance with Israel can't protect them from Iran hitting them where it hurts; as a result they will have to seek their own arrangement with the Iranians moving forward.
They weren't a formal defense pact but the alliance with America and the Abraham Accords were expected to help deter Iran, and when push came to shove they didn't. And from Israel's perspective, they would have hoped that the Gulf states would have take a more active role in the war.
I don't think the Gulf leaders were anything like that naive. Obviously, it was an anti-Iran arrangement, but I doubt any of them thought it would mean Israel and the US would defend them in a full-scale war without some reciprocity.
What was Netanyaho’s off-ramp? He shouldn’t have agreed to the joint war to degrade Iran. This is Monday morning quarterbacking. Israel obtained a lot of upsides in these joint missions, even if it didn’t end the way they would’ve liked.
I'm not sure what his alternative was when Trump indicated a willingness to target Iran. Your description of Trump is, if anything, too kind. I don't believe Netanyahu really trusted him. I think he thought he was managing him. But Trump is truly unmanigable. I trust that Israel is in the process of gaining the ability to survive without direct American weaponry.
Another great scene is when Micheal tells Hyman Roth about seeing a rebel blow himself up rather than be arrested. Michael’s conclusion, “they can win.”
The Abraham Accords may have held but they have also shown their limits as primarily a business arrangement rather than a strategic game changer. The Gulf states have learned that American bases or an alliance with Israel can't protect them from Iran hitting them where it hurts; as a result they will have to seek their own arrangement with the Iranians moving forward.
They were never intended to be a defense pact, and I doubt the Gulf states were under any illusions on that score.
They weren't a formal defense pact but the alliance with America and the Abraham Accords were expected to help deter Iran, and when push came to shove they didn't. And from Israel's perspective, they would have hoped that the Gulf states would have take a more active role in the war.
I don't think the Gulf leaders were anything like that naive. Obviously, it was an anti-Iran arrangement, but I doubt any of them thought it would mean Israel and the US would defend them in a full-scale war without some reciprocity.
What was Netanyaho’s off-ramp? He shouldn’t have agreed to the joint war to degrade Iran. This is Monday morning quarterbacking. Israel obtained a lot of upsides in these joint missions, even if it didn’t end the way they would’ve liked.