The US is making a mistake by leaving the Middle East to its own devices and this could lead to a conflagration between Israel and Iran, wrote former Turkish MP Aykan Erdemir and former US Ambassador to Turkey Eric Edelman in an article for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
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Erdemir and Edelman say an increasing number of states and non-state adversaries will fill the void in the region if the US keeps disengaging, posing a threat to the US and its allies.
The authors warn that Iran's shipments to Hezbollah of advanced weaponry could "potentially leave Israel little choice but to undertake a major military effort in Lebanon against the terrorist organization."
"As during the Cold War, the Eastern Mediterranean is re-emerging as a prime arena for regional and great power competition", the authors concluded.
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