A Middle East Round Up No One Asked For

I wish all the critics of the Iran war would contend with the main issue - Trump clearly thought Iran was close to making a nuke. Why does no one address it in the discouse? Do they believe that Iran wasn't close to making a nuke? Or, it that it doesn't matter if Iran makes a nuke. Or, do they argue now Iran is now even closer to making a nuke? Since no one talks about it, I can't really assess their point.

Yes, Israel wants to undermine and destroy the societies that define themselves as in opposition to the Israeli state. A lot of folks like to rebrand this as genocide. Uh...no...they just want their enemies to be weaker. Anyone would. Plenty of countries like Saudi, Egypt, and Jordan shifted how they engage with Israel and Israel leaves them completely alone. That's called evidence! And don't give me the Palestinians were there before nonsense. 75 years ago, maybe. But these days? Come on...